On Mon, Mar 22, 2021, at 08:57, Silvain Dupertuis wrote: > Hello Matt, > > I have installed several HP printers on Linux Ubuntu with ease. > I never had to install a PPD file - although the option to install a > PPD is present. > It seems to me that Debian should be similar.
Well, I'm actually using WSL/Debian, that is, Debian as a Windows app via Windows Subsystem for Linux. It works almost like Debian on bare metal or as a true VM, but there are some differences. It seems that one problem is that the Linux dbus facility doesn't work properly under WSL, and the hp-setup utility installed by hplip uses dbus. So, without more digging/hacking it looks like I'll need to print from my Windows host. > Can you find the HP Device Manager in your software and see what it > says about your printer? > (It is installed by hplip) > > Sorry I can say more from a distance. > > By the way, I always extract PDF files from Scribus and then print the PDF. > It is safer and saves paper... Yeah, I have been printing this way, but I found myself wanting to do a quick print preview from Scribus on Linux, so I started down the road of installing my printer on Linux. I then ran into the dbus problem described above. So, thanks for the advice, but I think this is a WSL limitation for me at this point. No big deal, though. > Silvain > > Le 22.03.21 à 15:41, Matt Miller a écrit : > > This is a bit off-topic, but, for printing from Scribus I have an HP2055dn, > > which I see from the Scribus documentation is actually a recommended > > printer. I can print fine from Windows, but I can't install the printer in > > Linux. It seems the missing component is the PPD file. I installed HP’s > > hplip utility and it detects the printer, but then it can't install the > > printer because it needs the correct PPD file. I haven't found where to > > get this file, either from HP or from my Linux distro, which is Debian. > > > > > > -- > > > > Matt Miller > > mailto:matt.mil...@fastmail.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20210322/f0f4318d/attachment.htm> > > ___ > > Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net > > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > See also: > > http://wiki.scribus.net > > http://forums.scribus.net > > > -- > Silvain Dupertuis > Route de Lausanne 335 > 1293 Bellevue (Switzerland) > tél. +41-(0)22-774.20.67 > portable +41-(0)79-604.87.52 > web: silvain-dupertuis.org <http://perso.silvain-dupertuis.org> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20210322/7ed9d451/attachment.htm> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -- Matt Miller mailto:matt.mil...@fastmail.com ___ Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net Edit your options or unsubscribe: http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net
