where are the printer drivers

Question

I have a ppd file somewhere on my PC, to a specific printer. Where do I go to find that PPD file? I looked around in /usr/share/cups but I didnt see any specific to my device files. But maybe, Im not looking for the right thing.

Here is a segment of the printer set up: cat /etc/cups/printers.conf

<DefaultPrinter Durp>
UUID urn:uuid:dbf63043-fa91-00-71a4-6dea70508ddc
Info Canon iR-ADV 4245/4251 PPD
Location Room
MakeModel Canon iR-ADV 4245/4251 PPD
DeviceURI socket://address:9100/
State Idle
StateTime 1475107341
ConfigTime 1475107011
Type 8433876
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job
Attribute marker-colors \#000000,none,#000000
Attribute marker-levels 13,-1,-1
Attribute marker-names Canon GPR-42 Black Toner,Waste Toner,Black Drum Unit
Attribute marker-types toner,waste-toner,opc
Attribute marker-change-time 1475107341
</DefaultPrinter>

From this, I cannot see where the Foomatic driver is, or what ppd file it is using. Should I be looking for a specific PPD file for the printer? In /etc/cups/ppd/ I see a ppd file for the printer in question, but where did it come from, and how was it made? where is the thing that originated the PPD file? The ppd files, in /etc/cups/ppd are just the ones in use. Is there a complete list somewhere else?

Solution

Look under /usr/share/ppd, there might be a sub-directory or 2 but ultimately your driver should be somewhere there.

Comments

[Rinzwind]

Pick one from /etc/cups/ppd and do a locate {ppd} If those are stored anywhere else (like /usr/share/ppd) the one you need to find is there too.

[Rinzwind]

see askubuntu.com/questions/276437/…

[j0h]

The ones was looking for got put somewhere else, in /usr/share, but the insight got me looking in the right place! Thanks for that!