On Thursday 26 November 2015 19:03:49 Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've been trying to set up my HP Deskjet_1000_J110 which is recognised > by jessie, but when I print a test page it does it with no problem, but > when I try to print a letter from libreoffice, it just churns out blank > pages. > > So I've downloaded hplip-3.15.11 and tried to run it to install it, but > it is consistently failing at this point - > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > hplip-install[17648]: info: :[01mENTER ROOT/SUPERUSER PASSWORD[0m > hplip-install[17648]: info: :[01m-----------------------------[0m > error: Password incorrect. 2 attempt(s) left. > error: Password incorrect. 1 attempt(s) left. > error: Password incorrect. > error: 3 incorrect attempts. (or) Insufficient permissions(i.e. try with > sudo user). --8<---------------cut > here---------------end--------------->8--- > > When I set up this 64-bit machine I allowed the system to make me > superuser as part of the setup, but when I enter my password it is > consistently failing to recognise me as superuser. > > The only way that I can install ~/Downloads/hplip-3.15.11.run, actually > the command is - > > ╭──── > │sh hplip-3.15.11.run > ╰──── > > is by prefacing it with 'sudo' and then it fails to install the printer > as 'user'. > > How then can I install hplip-3.15.11 as user please? And then get it to > print things out properly?
I would use CUPS. Lisi