Getting started with SavaPage: questions and answers

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Hi @eabreu

SAVAPAGE.ppd is meant to create a workstation printer that prints to SavaPage: see SavaPage Printer Installation. The result of any SavaPage print is visible in the User Web App. This makes the printer a “virtual” printer, since the result is not printed on paper, but captured in a PDF document held in SavaPage.

Install HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) on the SavaPage Server:

sudo apt install hplip

This package contains the PPD for HP MFP M775 printer. Use this PPD to create the M775 printer in CUPS on the SavaPage Server. SavaPage will recognize this as Proxy Printer: press the “Synchronize” button in the Proxy Printer List to make it visible.

Printing to paper takes two steps:

  1. Print to SavaPage with the SavaPage printer.
  2. Open User Web App, inspect print preview and select Proxy Printer to print it.

Note: To make all PPD options of the MFP M775 visible in the Printer Settings dialog, you might need to Map PPD to IPP attributes.