Copy the appropriate PPD to a location that is easier to use (e.g. usr/share/cups/model/Pantum/.Ĭhange to the directory where the PPD files are and locate the appropriate PPD file for your printer model.

įind the PPD files in the directories that have been created. I don't think it matters.Įxtract the files from the DEB file you have selected, for exampeĭpkg-deb -extract Pantum-P2500-Series-2.6.x86_64.deb. Pick on of these to extract the PPD files from. You will see '.deb' files for i386 and x86_64. PANTUM M6550NW MONOCHROME MULTI FUNCTION LASER PRINTER. PANTUM - M7300FDW MONOCHROME MULTI FUNCTION LASER PRINTER. PANTUM - M7300FDW MONOCHROME MULTI FUNCTION LASER PRINTER. PANTUM - M6509NW MONOCHROME LASER MULTI FUNCTION PRINTER. fileįully unpack that driver file, it is a ZIP file that contains a GZIPed TAR files (unzip the file you downloaded and then run 'tar xvzf' on the file that is unpacked'). PANTUM - M6509NW MONOCHROME LASER MULTI FUNCTION PRINTER. not root account) to avoid problems.ĭownload the driver file from the Pantum site (link above) to a temporary directory. While I only discuss how to do this via the CLI, it should also be doable via the GUI.īefore you do anything else, ensure that CUPS is installed and working.ĭo the following steps using you unprivileged (i.e. I haven't gone through all the steps (for starters this printer isn't available where I live), but the steps should be on the following lines. The good news is you should be able to unpack everything so you can get things working but extracting the required PPD file from Pantum's DEB and installing it manually. I had a look at the driver install file on the Pantum driver page and Pantum only provide DEB files for x86_64 and i386.

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