Category: Chromebook
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CUPS, PPD
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description#CUPS
Finding PPD files for … printers:
- “Finding PPD Files for HP Printers”
- https://support.brother.com
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Chromebooks certainly use CUPS, so setting up your network printer on your Chromebook is a CUPS matter.
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Chromebook – how to make use of the printer attached to my FRITZ!Box via USB cable
- https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7590/12_Setting-up-a-printer-as-a-network-printer-via-USB-cable/ – has a section “Linux and other operating systems“
- https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/7225252
How to set up the connection on the Chromebook:
Print and scan > Printers > Add Printers to your profile > Add printer:
Add a printer manually > Name: MAKER via fritz.box, Address: fritz.box:9100, Protocol: AppSocket (TCP/IP), URI: socket://fritz.box:9100 – Add! (in former times AVM told us to look for “HP JetDirect”.)
Advanced printer configuration > Manufacturer: …, Model: … – Add!
If the model you are searching for does not get shown yet, attach the printer directly via USB and set it up on the Chromebook. Via PnP the model and its (PPD) driver should be there and known now. Afterwards you can make use of this driver for reaching it through the network as well. You can also try go get the PPD file for your printer on the Internet. (It appears to me, the Chromebook expects a .ppd.gz .)
How to print on the Chromebook:
Destination: See more…
Select a destination: MAKER via fritz.box
More:
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Chromebook
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook
- https://www.golem.de/news/chrome-os-crostini-angesehen-dieses-nerd-unix-laeuft-wie-geschnitten-brot-1903-139696.html
Mine cost me EUR 300 (+ …). If you are able to switch to it, it solves you a lot of problems. I guess most people would be better of switching to this kind of computer – would you like more explanations? I don’t earn money on this. I do have such a piece and I can demonstrate it to you. It is modern, it is fast, it is nice. Honestly! Give it a try!
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my Chromebook and my Samsung SCX-4623 printer: “File is in the wrong format. Check the PPD file and try again.”
That printer is connected USB-wise to my router, a FRITZ!Box.
This is how my Macs and Windowses connect to my printer (according to router manufacturer’s instructions): The protocol is JetDirect on port 9100:
The manufacturer’s instructions:
- https://en.avm.de/service/fritzbox/fritzbox-7590/knowledge-base/publication/show/12_Setting-up-a-USB-printer-connected-to-FRITZ-Box-as-a-network-printer/
- https://avm.de/service/fritzbox/fritzbox-7590/wissensdatenbank/publication/show/12_USB-Drucker-an-FRITZ-Box-als-Netzwerkdrucker-einrichten/
I tried for a while to connect through fritz.box:9100 and provide a PPD, but the Chromebook’s printer set-up kept complaining:
File is in the wrong format. Check the PPD file and try again.
Where I got the PPD from: Apparently Samsung’s printer business got moved to HP, and from their support site I downloaded a TAR file (uld_V1.00.39_01.17.tar.gz) containing a nice PPD file (uld/noarch/share/ppd/Samsung_SCX-4623_Series.ppd).
Did not help – I got to move on anyway.
“For the time being” I activated “printer sharing” on my Mac mini. After that the Chromebook found the device automatically, and the set-up suggested through IPPS etc, and everything is fine (just that another server is involved) (and presumably the Chromebook does not need a PPD):
This did not work out for me:
FUTURE: If I will ever have to use this printer again with my Chromebooks, I will first attach the printer usb-wise to the Chromebook, so the Chromebook will have the right driver already.