How to Install hp-ppd in Ubuntu 18.04



Install hp-ppd by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install hp-ppd

Description:

HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) files

Because PostScript is just a page description language, there is a need to provide a mechanism for a print spooler to customize the PostScript Job to the actual printer device. . A PPD (PostScript Printer Definitions) specify the device specific PostScript commands needed to utilize printer features (such as printing quality, paper tray, duplex printing). . This package contains some PPDs for HP printers that are not in package linuxprinting.org-ppds

Version: 0.9ubuntu2+really-0.2ubuntu1

Section: universe/utils