Comment 2 for bug 1772544

Hi Pranavateja,

unfortunately, it seems to not work either in 3.18.5. It seems model is recognized in models.dat, but the correct ppd is not found (m28-m31 is used instead). The relevant part of debug log of hp-setup:

hp-setup[9357]: debug: Found device: {'num_devices': 1, 'num_ports': 1, 'product_id': 'T6B82A', 'status_code': 0, 'device2': '0', 'device3': '0', 'note': '', 'device1': 'MFG:HP;CMD:PJL,PML,PCLXL,PWG_RASTER,URP,PCL,PDF,POSTSCRIPT;MDL:HP ColorLaserJet MFP M278-M281;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP Color LaserJet MFP M281fdw;MEM:MEM=213MB;PRN:T6B82A;COMMENT:RES=600x8;LEDMDIS:USB#ff#04#01;CID:HPLJPDLV1;IPP-E:FF-04-01,FF-04-01,FF-09-01,FF-09-01;eSCL:FF-04-01,FF-04-01,FF-09-01,FF-09-01;MCT:MF;MCL:DL;MCV:2.0;', 'mac': '48BA4E34A386', 'ip': '192.168.002.029', 'hn': 'hpm281'}
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Cache miss: hp_colorlaserjet_mfp_m278-m281
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Reading file: /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Searching for section [hp_colorlaserjet_mfp_m278-m281] in file /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Found section [hp_colorlaserjet_mfp_m278-m281] in file /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
hp-setup[9357]: debug: {}
hp-setup[9357]: debug: HP_ColorLaserJet_MFP_M278-M281
hp-setup[9357]: debug: (CUPS 1.2.x) Getting list of PPDs using CUPS_GET_PPDS...
hp-setup[9357]: debug: CUPS PPD base path = /usr/share/cups/model
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Foomatic PPD base path = /usr/share/ppd
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Matching PPD list to model color_laserjet_mfp_m278-m281...
hp-setup[9357]: debug: []
hp-setup[9357]: debug: No PPD found for model color_laserjet_mfp_m278-m281 using new algorithm. Trying old algorithm...
hp-setup[9357]: debug: 1st stage edit distance match
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Determining edit distance from color_laserjet_mfp_m278-m281 (only showing edit distances < 4)...
hp-setup[9357]: debug: Min. dist = 9
hp-setup[9357]: debug: {'drv:///hp/hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_mfp_m28-m31-hpijs.ppd': 'HP LaserJet MFP m28-m31 hpijs, 3.18.5', 'drv:///hp/hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_mfp_m28-m31.ppd': 'HP LaserJet MFP m28-m31, hpcups 3.18.5'}