On 04/23/2018 08:06 AM, Stuart wrote:
Hi,
I have been struggling to get cups to print properly. I have building
the software and dependencies (including hplip 3.18.3) numerous times
but I get the same result when I print, I get a totally black piece of
paper. I have three hp printers available to me an HP3520 wireless
printer, an HP7760 on a local usb port and a HP5550 via a Windows 10
laptop. All three behave the same (totally black printout). Attached is
the cups error_log from my latest effort. Only two printers are
configured on this run (the HP7760 and the HP3520, printout sent to the
HP7760). My test procedure after configuring the printers via firefox
(localhost:631) is to stop the cups daemon, clear the cups error_log
file, start cups, select print test page from firefox , wait for the
print to complete and finally shut-down the cups daemon. From the
error_log I get the impression that a filter has failed but I cannot see
which one. Any suggestions please ?
Printing is tricky. I have a HP printer connected via a wired local
network. These are my notes for hplip:
as of Feb 23, 2017.
To get printing to work, install in this order:
cups
ghostscript !
cups-filters
gutenprint
sane (for hplip)
net-snmp (for hplip, not in blfs)
hplip (not in blfs)
If using hplip, not sure if gutenprint is needed.
hplip needs net-snmp
install fails with man pages (needs sedscript whatever that is)
hplip needs sane
Set parallel port capability!
Build with:
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-pp-build
make
sudo make install
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You also need a .ppd file for your printer if it's not included in hplip.
-- Bruce
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