can't install workcentre 7830 printer on debian linux using xeroxprtmgr

[mvishchers]

Thank you Joe,

that did the trick!

[Joe Arseneau · Accepted solution]

Just use a Windows PC to extract the Generic ppd from the exe file and use that in CUPS

[mvishchers]

Our company just changed printers and I want to use our WokCentre 8730 with my linux laptop.

I could not find a printer description in CUPS, nor could I find a ppd file somewhere, so I installed the XeroxPrtDrv package

Xeroxv5Pkg-Linuxx86_64-5.15.540.3080.deb

and fired up xeroxprtmgr as root. The printer was discovered, but when I try to add it, an "internal error" is reported, and the /tmp/Xeroxquemgr.log says:

13:16:09 - Quemgr:  Request for legacy PPD model identifier - has been deprecated in favor of model OID
13:16:09 - ERROR/OSInterface:  SysCmd() - Command failed: /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p_xeroxtq1_ -E -i/opt/Xerox/prtsys/XeroxXSF 1>>/tmp/OSICmd.log 2>>/tmp/OSICmd.log
lpadmin: Unable to open PPD "/opt/Xerox/prtsys/XeroxXSF": Missing asterisk in column 1 on line 1.
lpadmin: Bad PPD file.

So there seems to be something wrong with creating the arguments for lpadmin.

Any help would be appreciated.