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I have a Panasonic KX-FLB883 similar to this one on the Panasonic website and I am trying to install it on Ubuntu.

The computer detects it but it asks me for a driver or PPD file and I can't seem to find any of them.

Have anybody managed to install a similar printer on Ubuntu?

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It looks like printers from that family have not been included in the foomatic DB yet. BTW: your precise model is neither in the list of known devices, so you might wish to contribute by adding it yourself.

I did not do too much digging for your problem, but chances are in the meanwhile you could achieve partial (sometimes almost complete) functionality by forcing the use of a driver for a similar printer. See for example this list.

HTH!

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  • tnx. added the printer to the database. I tried to add generic drivers, but it only made the printer print out gibarish Dec 8, 2009 at 15:15
  • @solomongaby Did you ever manage to resolve your issue? If you did, please consider either accepting an existing answer, or posting your own self-answer and accepting that.
    – user
    Sep 2, 2014 at 11:08
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I got it to work in OpenSUSE 13.2 x64, cups 1.5.4

I just use a ljet2p.ppd (Panasonic KX-P4410 Foomatic/ljet2p), wich is included in OpenPrinting rpm.

CUPS printer test page:

CUPS printer test page

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  • Welcome to superuser, the question was about Ubuntu and with a Panasonic KX-FLB883 . If you could add where you found the "ljet2p.ppd" and a bit more detail it could be a more useful answer.
    – mic84
    Oct 12, 2016 at 13:49

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