One more thing I found: the "dellcolor" printer was shown as "Local System V Printer" as the "Model". This is not correct. This is why the ppd does not exist.
Upon inspecting the source code of cups (using "apt-get source cups" to download), I found a probable explanation. See file cups-1.5.3/scheduler/ipp.c , subroutine add_printer , where it detects the file type (whether it is a PPD file or an "interface script" file). This means that either: 1) the compressed PPD file (Dell_C3760dn_Color_Laser.ppd.gz) was not read in properly. If this is the case, then the PPD is not decompressed before being passed to "add_printer" function call. 2) something was erroneous in uncompressing the .ppd.gz file, because I discovered that the final copied file (/etc/cups/interfaces/dellcolor) is empty. I would lean toward hypothesis 2. If anyone I can do to help hunt the problem, let me know. Wirawan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANhMBk3nRDdCitguUj2wNAYq6Oof=hspmum6bgn7nswuyv1...@mail.gmail.com
