On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Dave Cross <davorg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My new Dell laptop came with a free Dell p513w printer. I've been > trying to set it up for use with Fedora 16. > > It's a wireless printer, so I've set it up, connected it to my network > and got it working using a Windows PC. My Fedora desktop can see it on > the next work, but it appears that foomatic doesn't have a PPD for > this model of printer, so I've been scouring the internet. > > This README file > (http://downloads.dell.com/printer/R247660_Readme.txt) talks about a > file called dell-inkjet-09-driver-1.0-1.i386.rpm.sh.tar.gz which > installs a bunch of PPDs for Dell printers in > /usr/dellinkjet/dell09/etc/. The list includes dlP513w.ppd, which is > the PPD for my printer. However, the only file that I can find is > http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails?DriverId=R247660&FileId=2731129294&DriverName=Dell%20Photo%20P513W%20AIO%20Inkjet%20Printer%2C%20A00 > which only includes the .deb version of the package, not the .rpm one. > > I've asked Dell support for help, but I thought I'd ask here too. Has > anyone had this problem or (even better) solved it? Is it possible to > extract the PPD from the .deb version of the file? > > Any advice would be much appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Dave... > > -- > Dave Cross :: dave@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://dave.org.uk/ > @davorg Google search for .deb extractor gives: http://www.g-loaded.eu/2008/01/28/how-to-extract-rpm-or-deb-packages/ -- Dale Dellutri -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
