Re: Trouble setting up hplip and cups - printer ppd fails

[ng0 <ng0@libertad.pw>]

ng0 <ng0@libertad.pw> writes:

> I'm having a hard time getting hplip and cups to recognize the
> PPD for my printer (one of those which are not network enabled,
> which is why I feel safe enough sharing the model and serial
> numbers here).
> Starting at https://gnunet.org/bot/log/guix/2016-12-24#T1240133
> you can find the discussion adfeno and myself had about the
> problem.
>
> In addition to the output below, my user is member of lp and
> lpadmin and cups webinterface complains about hpcups if I add the
> printer through cups (which you should not do with HP, at least I
> was told so in the past and learned that this printer does not
> work with cups pdds but with hplip ppds it works):
> Idle - "File "/gnu/store/pd200v2q8vdxy6ycsxjsskxavc5q2jvk-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/filter/hpcups" not available: No such file or directory"

Actually when I use cups and not the hplip ppd file from within
cups webinterface, I get an error about color management, see log
of #guix further down.

> I never was a fan of the terminal setup they have, so I'll try to
> add the Qt interface next week. But this doesn't seem like the
> problem here.
>
> ng0@wasp ~$ sudo hp-setup -a -g -i
>
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.11)
> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
>
> Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
>
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: param=
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: selected_device_name=None
>
> Using connection type: usb
>
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: 
> DEVICE CHOOSER setup_fax=True, setup_print=True
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Cache miss: deskjet_2510_series
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Reading file: /gnu/store/95vp3r6n9z7s85achc7a0b8aay1k73qq-hplip-3.16.11/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Searching for section [deskjet_2510_series] in file /gnu/store/95vp3r6n9z7s85achc7a0b8aay1k73qq-hplip-3.16.11/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Found section [deskjet_2510_series] in file /gnu/store/95vp3r6n9z7s85achc7a0b8aay1k73qq-hplip-3.16.11/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: getDeviceUri(None, None, ('hp',), None, , True)
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Mode=0
>
> Setting up device: hp:/usb/Deskjet_2510_series?serial=CN2A63NGG305QX
>
>
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Model=Deskjet_2510_series
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: (CUPS 1.2.x) Getting list of PPDs using CUPS_GET_PPDS...
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: CUPS PPD base path = /gnu/store/29ik1f5fmx9pbcrz0mmcw1hy62cwqrjg-cups-minimal-2.2.1/share/cups/model
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Foomatic PPD base path = /gnu/store/95vp3r6n9z7s85achc7a0b8aay1k73qq-hplip-3.16.11/share/ppd
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Exception: 4 (Unknown/invalid device-uri field)
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Exception: 4 (Unknown/invalid device-uri field)
>
> ---------------------
> | PRINT QUEUE SETUP |
> ---------------------
>
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Exception: 4 (Unknown/invalid device-uri field)
> Using queue name: Deskjet_2510
> Locating PPD file... Please wait.
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Matching PPD list to model  deskjet_2510...
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: []
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: No PPD found for model deskjet_2510 using new algorithm. Trying old algorithm...
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: 1st stage edit distance match
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Determining edit distance from deskjet_2510 (only showing edit distances < 4)...
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: Min. dist = 9223372036854775807
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: {}
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: []
> hp-setup[9475]: debug: []
> error: No PPD found for model deskjet_2510 using old algorithm.
> error: Unable to find an appropriate PPD file.
>
> Would you like to specify the path to the correct PPD file to use (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? y
>
> Please enter the full filesystem path to the PPD file to use (q=quit) :/home/ng0/.guix-profile/share/ppd/HP/hp-deskjet_2510_series.ppd.gz
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/gnu/store/95vp3r6n9z7s85achc7a0b8aay1k73qq-hplip-3.16.11/share/hplip/setup.py", line 560, in <module>
>     desc = nickname_pat.search(nickname).group(1)
> TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
>
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