This appears to be a problem which arises implicitly because CUPS is not running properly on my crouton Ubuntu build. I fixed the issue by following the guidance at https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Printing to ensure that CUPS was indeed started up and that I had the correct group memberships, then the PPD was automagically generated by CUPS dynamically. Although the error could be more informative (i.e. given that you don't actually need a PPD file, and it seems to be a CUPS failure) but otherwise it was the fault of my own system configuration.
Along the way, for others' reference, I found the attached PPD by extracting data from the HPLIP installer which may in fact be the correct file, although I haven't tested it since CUPS intervened providing a PPD before I reached this setup stage. The file naming from HP seems to correspond to the correct model anyway. ** Attachment added: "hp-lj_300_400_color_mfp_m375_m475-ps.ppd" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/1445618/+attachment/4378736/+files/hp-lj_300_400_color_mfp_m375_m475-ps.ppd ** Changed in: hplip (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1445618 Title: HPLIP Gui fails to provide PPD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/1445618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
