I haven't been able to test this on 14.04. I use 14.04 now and I believe the parallel port was disabled in HP driver long ago. If the parallel port is still disabled then I would recommend filing this bug as an hp problem.
Anyway I can't generate a cups report because it doesn't use cups(only hplip is supported). I thought it was very strange that a parallel port printer would no longer work because the driver doesn't support parallel ports. Ideally we, as a community, could just add some kind of cups driver for this printer an bypass HP altogether. In hteory, everything is there and works, plus it has worked flawlessly until HP droppedthe parallel port. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => In Progress ** Package changed: cups (Ubuntu) => hplip (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: hplip (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184725 Title: Laserjet 3150 doesn't print Status in “hplip” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: HP Laserjet 3150 connected to parallel port doesn't print test page (or anything). The printer is detected and installs fine. It says it printed fine but nothing happens and no errors. Initially I got Device communication error 5012 hplip... but now the error is gone after installing the latest hplip and enabling EPP in bios. Prints fine on winXP. Tried using the repository drivers, followed by compiling the latest from HP. Also tried the hpijs driver. Tried rebooting. Tried adding via system printer dialogue and hp-setup. Network printing to another printer works fine(HP Officejet L7555). Verified the bios is using EPP mode. Verified the kernel sees the /dev/parport0. Verified the following: lsmod | grep lp lp 17759 0 parport 46345 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc dmesg | grep par [ 21.005872] parport_pc 00:06: reported by Plug and Play ACPI [ 21.005908] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] [ 21.057906] parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 3150 [ 21.255534] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver [ 21.256223] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). ls -l /dev/lp* /dev/parport* crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 May 27 00:14 /dev/lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 May 27 00:14 /dev/parport0 ls -l /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe* -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 27 11:56 /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 27 11:56 /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 27 11:56 /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe1 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 27 11:56 /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 27 11:56 /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe3 sudo cat /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe* CLASS:PRINTER; MODEL:HP LaserJet 3150; MANUFACTURER:Hewlett-Packard; DESCRIPTION:Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 3150 MFP; COMMAND SET:HP GDI,ECP18; lpinfo -v network socket network lpd network ipp network https network http network ipps network ipp14 direct parallel:/dev/lp0 network beh network smb network dnssd://Officejet%20Pro%20L7500%20%5B067B1C%5D._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/ /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "HP LaserJet 3150" "HP LaserJet 3150 LPT #1" "MANUFACTURER:Hewlett-Packard;COMMAND SET:HP GDI,ECP18;1284.4DL:0;MODEL:HP LaserJet 3150;CLASS:PRINTER;DESCRIPTION:Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 3150 MFP;" "" sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "HP LaserJet 3150" "HP LaserJet 3150 LPT #1" "MANUFACTURER:Hewlett-Packard;COMMAND SET:HP GDI,ECP18;1284.4DL:0;MODEL:HP LaserJet 3150;CLASS:PRINTER;DESCRIPTION:Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 3150 MFP;" "" ls -al /dev/parport0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 May 27 00:14 /dev/parport0 groups stinky adm lp cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare I read another post about the wrong command set for this printer but I don't know where to change it or what to change it to? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: cups 1.6.2-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon May 27 11:37:35 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-21 (279 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) Lpstat: device for Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-3150: parallel:/dev/lp0 device for Officejet-Pro-L7500: dnssd://Officejet%20Pro%20L7500%20%5B067B1C%5D._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/ device for Officejet_Pro_L7500: hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_L7500?zc=HP067B1C device for Officejet_Pro_L7500_fax: hpfax:/net/Officejet_Pro_L7500?zc=HP067B1C MachineType: Gateway GT5028 MarkForUpload: True Papersize: letter PpdFiles: Officejet_Pro_L7500: HP Officejet Pro l7500, hpcups 3.13.3 Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-3150: HP LaserJet 3150 hpijs, 3.13.3 Officejet_Pro_L7500_fax: HP Fax hpcups Officejet-Pro-L7500: HP Officejet Pro l7500, hpcups 3.13.3 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-22-generic root=UUID=08c0de72-7d32-46e7-8764-d2a3e32f0817 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-22 (5 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/10/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: C51MCP51 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd02/10/2006:svnGateway:pnGT5028:pvr:rvn:rnC51MCP51:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: GT5028 dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/1184725/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp