F4200series PPD doesn't install with hplip-2.8.6b.run
Well I got hplip-2.8.6b.run to build on Mandriva Linux 2008.0 (BTW cups-devel is now cups2-devel, so the Perl RE match failed).
I then altered /etc/cups/
Unfortunately, when I went to install the HP Deskjet F4240 (did a restart and then launched hp-setup as root), it found the printer on the USB port but the PPD for the Deskjet F4200series couldn't be found (it wasn't in /usr/share/
I then got the following 2 lines in the console where I started hp-setup:
<i>lpr: The printer or class was not found.</i>
<i>error: Print command failed with exit code 256!</i>
So I launched CUPS and installed the printer from there, using the PPD file from below the build directory and HPLIP Printer for the port. Hooray!! I got a test page!
I'm going to gzip all of the PPDs under the build directory and move them as root to /usr/share/hpijs/HP and reconfigure the printer under CUPS to point there for the PPD so I can clean out the build directory.
I just thought that you may be interested to know that there may still be some code removed from 2.8.6 that needs to be restored. That version DID install all of the PPDs into /usr/share/
As soon as I see any response from you folks I'll mark it solved (it is for me).
Thanks,
ron
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