On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:53 PM, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 02/23/2010 06:23 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I'm looking around in vain for info on why some apps (Open Office >> apps for instance) see printers while other apps (Evolution and >> Firefox for instance) do not. Apps that don't work seem to offer print >> to file and print to LPR. On the other hand Open Office provides only >> the obscenely ugly CUPS printer name >> "HP_LaserJet_M1522nf_MFP_192.168.1.5". > > Ugly? I think it's quite fetching, really. Are you sure you're a real > computer nerd? > > I have an HP LaserJet 3015 that works with everything in my gnome DE, > but IIRC I struggled until I discovered the net-print/hplip package, > which is the opensource driver supplied by HP. It does everything > including faxing, printing, and high-res color scanning all from my > HP multi-function printer. > > Does your dad's machine have that package installed and configured? > > >
Yes, version 3.9.12-r1 is installed but I'm not totally sure I'm using the driver it supplied. gandalf ~ # emerge -pv hplip These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-3.9.12-r1 USE="gtk hpcups libnotify qt4 -doc -fax -hpijs -minimal -new-hpcups -parport -policykit -scanner -snmp -static-ppds -udev-acl" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB * IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. gandalf ~ # # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.11 # Written by cupsd on 2010-02-23 11:32 <Printer HP_LaserJet_M1522nf_MFP_192.168.1.5> Info HP LaserJet M1522nf MFP Location Local Printer DeviceURI socket://192.168.1.5 State Idle StateTime 1266953458 Accepting Yes Shared Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer </Printer> Again, I figured it was working because Open Office finds it without any trouble, but his Gnome account doesn't. (Nor does mine actually - I cannot print from Firefox in my account either.) Thanks, Mark
