# Getting started with SavaPage: questions and answers

**URL:** https://community.savapage.org/t/getting-started-with-savapage-questions-and-answers/97
**Category:** SavaPage
**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://community.savapage.org/t/getting-started-with-savapage-questions-and-answers/97 "2019-10-02T09:51:27Z")
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### Author: ![rijkr](https://community.savapage.org/user_avatar/community.savapage.org/rijkr/32/3_2.png) [@rijkr](https://community.savapage.org/u/rijkr)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://community.savapage.org/t/getting-started-with-savapage-questions-and-answers/97/27 "2020-02-10T11:37:55Z")

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Hi @eabreu

`SAVAPAGE.ppd` is meant to create a workstation printer that prints to SavaPage: see [SavaPage Printer Installation](https://www.savapage.org/docs/manual/ch-printer.html#ch-printer-driver-install). The result of any SavaPage print is visible in the [User Web App](https://www.savapage.org/docs/manual/ch-webapp-user-main.html). 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](https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index). 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](https://www.savapage.org/docs/manual/ch-webapp-admin-proxyprinters.html#ch-webapp-admin-proxyprinter-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](https://www.savapage.org/docs/manual/ch-webapp-user-main-print.html#ch-webapp-user-main-printer-settings) dialog, you might need to [Map PPD to IPP](https://www.savapage.org/docs/manual/app-ppd-ext.html#app-ppd-ext-mapping-ipp) attributes.

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