> Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 20:19:43 +0100 > From: [email protected] (akhiezer) > To: BLFS Support List <[email protected]>, > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Cannot Print document using HP Printer > > > Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 11:24:40 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Sirsendu Roy <[email protected]> > > To: BLFS Support List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Cannot Print document using HP Printer > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > I think I made a step forward after having written you the mail. I have > > uninstalled hplip, and then started the web interface for cups again. > > > > This time cups automatically detected the printer ( I have a HP Deskjet > > 1050 All in One). But the guteprint package has no driver for this model. > > The gute print has HP Deskjet 1100 driver. So I have chosen this and then > > added the printer. Now when I tried to print a test page, first it says > > "job submitted" and then after a while job finished. But nothing got > > printed. > > > > I gave already installed ghostscript as per the instructions in the BLFS > > page. > > > > Do you think is it because of the driver that it does not print? > > > > > Well, it might and it might not: what does the print-queue show, and what > does > the error-log show, etc, etc. > > > But the more-central point is that you've again made multiple changes - > taking > out hplip, and adding both ghostscript and gutenprint - and arrived at > another > non-working setup. > > > The setup that you had, when you were seeing the "Can't input data to > Ghostscript" (or similar) message from the 'lpstat -t -v' output, was pretty > likely only missing the presence of ghostscript: i.e. you probably only > needed > to add ghostscript and it've been all working fine. Note that 'lpstat -t -v' > indicated that the correct printer &c was being detected and used. > > > So, I'd recommend you go back to that setup (cups+hplip), plus the presence > of > ghostscript. Really, do try to debug one thing at a time here. > >
- meant to add, that if you want to pursue the gutenprint, non-hplip route then you'll likely need to also install foomatic-rip (there's a link to it from the blfs-gutenprint page) and the hpijs drivers. However, my limited understanding, from a cursory skim through hplip docs, is that for HP All-in-One devices, overall hplip gives you better use of the full range of functionality, than non-hplip approaches. So even if you get the gutenprint approach working for at least basic printing, you may find that you still do want to go the hplip route. hth, akh -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
