On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:09:06 -0800 Victor Soich <[email protected]> dijo:
>The first radio button said "Select printer from database" > >The second radio button said "Provide PPD file" > >The third radio button said "Search for a printer driver to download" > >When I hit the first radio button, I'm given a list of "makes" to >choose from. I picked "Brother", and then hit the forward button. >Then I'm given a list of "Models" and told to "Choose Driver". There >are lots of drivers to choose from, but there is not an "HL-2270DW" to >choose from. So....I did not choose any. > >I went back and looked at the second radion button. I don't know what >a PPD file is...let alone how to provide it. A PPD file is a plain text file containing information that a Postscript driver needs in order to access features of the printer. It is only a couple pages long and only a small file. Since it is plain text it is not platform-specific, i.e., there is no such thing as a "Windows PPD file;" there is just a PPD file that can be used on any platform. Many times the manufacturer will make a PPD file available. Sometimes, even if the manufacturer did not, you can get one from Adobe.com. Sometimes you can use a PPD file for a similar printer, although the result might be that one or two features listed in your print dialog boxes don't work because they are not available in your printer. Or, more likely, the PPD file lacks information about features of your printer so those features are not available. A long time ago I had a Laserjet 4MV (Postscript) that did not have a PPD file. I used a PPD file for a Linotronic imagesetter and it worked fine, although some of the Linotronic options were not available in the Laserjet. I googled for a bit and did not find a PPD file for a HL-2270DW. On the Brother web site I also found .deb files for an LPR driver and a cupswrapper driver: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#HL-2170W Perhaps one of the above will work for you. To install on Ubuntu use the terminal, navigate to the folder where you downloaded the .deb file, and do dpkg --install <package>.deb. (Or is that just "install"? Or "-i"? It's been too long since I used Debian. Use man dpkg.) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
