Printer configuration -

[John Wendel]

Margaret Doll wrote:
> 
> On Apr 21, 2005, at 2:46 AM, John Wendel wrote:
> 
>> I'm having no luck setting up an HP 3550 color laserjet. This is a 
>> cheap P.O.S. that doesn't support postscript, so it needs to use a 
>> rasterizer,  like ghostscript.
>>
>> I ran the printer configuration utility and didn't find HP 3550 in the 
>> list of printers, bad sign. So I went to linuxprinting.org, checked 
>> the specs that said the printer works perfectly, and downloaded a PPD 
>> file. After installing the PPD, the printer showed up in the config list.
> 
> 
> John,
> 
>     How did you install the ppd so that it showed up on the config 
> list.  I have several HP ppds to add as well as some LEXMarc ppds.
> 

"Install PPD" is a menu selection in the printer configuration tool. I 
selected it and it asked for the filename of the PPD and installed it.

Regards,

John