Brian Dieckman

Sorry, one glaring error I just realized: I should be using "-m" instead of -P. That results in a different error that's a little more helpful: lpadmin: Unable to open PPD "/tmp/0085164a8a8a4": Missing PPD-Adobe-4.x header on line 0. Still not sure how to proceed.

Hello, I have Gutenprint and the dye-sub backend successfully installed. I can manually add the HiTi P520L through the CUPS interface and print with no problems. However, I need to be able to add the printer via the command line in a startup script. I can find the apropriate driver with: $ lpinfo -m | grep -i ... gutenprint.5.3://hiti-p520l/expert HiTi P520L - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.4-2023-06-20T01-00-c236a7f7 ... But this command results in an error: $ lpadmin -p PrinterName -E -D PrinterDescription...

Hello, I have Gutenprint and the dye-sub backend successfully installed. I can manually add the HiTi P520L through the CUPS interface and print with no problems. However, I need to be able to add the printer via the command line in a startup script. I can find the apropriate driver with: $ lpinfo -m | grep -i ... gutenprint.5.3://hiti-p520l/expert HiTi P520L - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.4-2023-06-20T01-00-c236a7f7 ... But this command results in an error: $ lpadmin -p PrinterName -E -D PrinterDescription...

Hello, I have Gutenprint and the dye-sub backend successfully installed. I can manually add the HiTi P520L through the CUPS interface and print with no problems. However, I need to be able to add the printer via the command line in a startup script. I can find the apropriate driver with: $ lpinfo -m | grep -i ... gutenprint.5.3://hiti-p520l/expert HiTi P520L - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.4-2023-06-20T01-00-c236a7f7 ... But this command results in an error: $ lpadmin -p PrinterName -E -D PrinterDescription...

Ah, yes you're right. I was expecting to see the USB URI, but the URI listed is indeed the dye-sub backend. All I have to do is omit the PPD and it should work fine. Thanks again!

Solomon, Okay, I took for granted that CUPS would be installed during the gutenprint installation. I followed this procedure on an install with a working CUPS installation and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much for your help! Now I just have to figure out how to add that printer through the command line using the gutenprint53+usb backend. Cheers!

Hi, Solomon Thank you for that link. Very helpful. When I attempt to restart CUPS, I get the error: Failed to restart cups.service: Unit cups.service not found. Thinking it hadn't been enabled, I tried systemctl enable cups.service but receive this message: Failed to enable unit: Unit file cups.service does not exist. The Configuration Summary indicated it would install CUPS so I'm not sure what's going on... Gutenprint Configuration Summary: ---------- ------------- -------- If you have any problems,...

Hi, Solomon Thank you for that link. Very helpful. When I attempt to restart CUPS, I get the error: Failed to restart cups.service: Unit cups.service not found. Thinking it hadn't been enabled, I tried systemctl enable cups but receive this message: Failed to enable unit: Unit file cups.service does not exist. The Configuration Summary indicated it would install CUPS so I'm not sure what's going on... Gutenprint Configuration Summary: ---------- ------------- -------- If you have any problems, please...