where are ppd files?

Most of the PPDs are part of the foomatic package, and are store here:

/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD

This answere my question and I was able to install ppd files for HP Laserjet P2015 and HP Photosmart C3100but when I try to print nothing happens. The print job stays in the queue. Any suggestions?

Hal,
     What happens when you go to "Systems->Administration->Printing' and then select "New Printer".... do your printers show up in the "detected printers" part of the dialog?

     Regards,
            --Matt

No, they don't show up. The HLaserjet P2015 is attached to an Xandros system and the HP Photojet is attached to a Windows XP Media Edition system.
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Hal,
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     Regards,
            --Matt

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Hal,
        Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. Real life intervened :) Give this a try:

Go to "Systems->Administration->Printing' and then select "New Printer"
Select "Network Printer" and then in the adjacent drop down, select "Windows Printer"

Fill in the information about your HP Photojet, and see how that works. Once we have that one tackled, we can approach the Xandros-attached printer.

    Regards,
         --Matt

I don't remember if I answered this or not, but no they do not.

On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 04:17 +0000, Matt Mossholder wrote:
> Your question #8874 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/8874
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Matt Mossholder requested for more information:
> Hal,
> What happens when you go to "Systems->Administration->Printing' and then select "New Printer".... do your printers show up in the "detected printers" part of the dialog?
>
>
> Regards,
> --Matt
>

When I do this the job stays in the print quw a couple of minutes and
then an error message stating "unable to connect to CIFS host".

On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 23:55 +0000, Matt Mossholder wrote:
> Your question #8874 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/8874
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Matt Mossholder requested for more information:
> Hal,
> Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. Real life intervened :) Give this a try:
>
> Go to "Systems->Administration->Printing' and then select "New Printer"
> Select "Network Printer" and then in the adjacent drop down, select "Windows Printer"
>
> Fill in the information about your HP Photojet, and see how that works.
> Once we have that one tackled, we can approach the Xandros-attached
> printer.
>
>
> Regards,
> --Matt
>

Hal,
   Could you retry the last test again, but when you enter the username, enter it in this format:

  workgroup name/username

   There were some bugs opened about this a bit back, and it looks like this was the work around.

   Regards,
         --Matt

This is my second reply. I turned off the 3rd party firewall in Windows
and was ableto se tne printer. I installed it but when I try to print a
test page or print a document the job just stays in the print que saying
it's printing but nothing happens.

On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 23:55 +0000, Matt Mossholder wrote:
> Your question #8874 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/8874
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Matt Mossholder requested for more information:
> Hal,
> Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. Real life intervened :) Give this a try:
>
> Go to "Systems->Administration->Printing' and then select "New Printer"
> Select "Network Printer" and then in the adjacent drop down, select "Windows Printer"
>
> Fill in the information about your HP Photojet, and see how that works.
> Once we have that one tackled, we can approach the Xandros-attached
> printer.
>
>
> Regards,
> --Matt
>

After rebooting the Windows XP computer and waiting about 10" for
Windows to think about the changes I am now able to print to the
Photosmart C3100. Today I was able to successfully connect to the
Xandros computer and print to the HPLaserjet P2015.
Thank you for the assistance, it has been greatly appreciated. I am new
at really trying to work with Linux so things are a bit of a struggle
right now.
Hal McConnell

On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 23:55 +0000, Matt Mossholder wrote:
> Your question #8874 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/8874
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Matt Mossholder requested for more information:
> Hal,
> Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. Real life intervened :) Give this a try:
>
> Go to "Systems->Administration->Printing' and then select "New Printer"
> Select "Network Printer" and then in the adjacent drop down, select "Windows Printer"
>
> Fill in the information about your HP Photojet, and see how that works.
> Once we have that one tackled, we can approach the Xandros-attached
> printer.
>
>
> Regards,
> --Matt
>

Hal,
    Glad to hear you resolved the issues. Sounds like you can mark this as closed!

    Regards,
          --Matt