Hi Till, I typed in "hp-plugin" in the terminal but I got and error (see file please). What did I do wrong?
Thanks, Tristram > Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 15:31:18 +0000 > From: 1460...@bugs.launchpad.net > To: tdshor...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 1460080] Re: HP laserjet 1018 no longer works > > Can you run > > hp-plugin > > in a terminal window and follow the instructions on the screen. > > ** Changed in: hplip (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > ** Also affects: hplip > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > ** Changed in: hplip > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1460080 > > Title: > HP laserjet 1018 no longer works > > Status in HP Linux Imaging and Printing: > Incomplete > Status in hplip package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > My first experience of Ubuntu was Utopic Unicorn, about 2 months ago. I > installed HPLIP, so as to use my HP Laserjet 1018 printer, and it all worked > fine. On upgrading to Ubuntu 15.04, my printer stopped working. I have tried > everything I can think of: upgrading HPLIP, removing HPLIP and installing an > alternative driver (foomatic), deleting and adding the printer, nothing > works. I have also downloaded and installed all updates to Ubuntu. I have > noticed, checking through previous bug reports, that this appears to be a > recurring problem: people's HP printers work OK until, on upgrading Ubuntu, > they suddenly stopped working. Can it be that beta versions are not being > properly tested? Having spent most of yesterday on this problem, and having > being seriously ticked off by my boss, about it, I am unwilling to spend > further time on it. I was going to include some screens shots to support my > case, but I can't see how to do this. Here are some more details: > As of now: > listed printers are: Canon ip1900 series > HP Laserjet 1018 (default) / Enabled --> > OK / Shared --> OK > > Description: Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 1018 > > Location: tristram-Aspire-5570Z > > Device URI: usb://HP/LaserJet%201018?serial=LF04EKT > Make > and Model: HP LaserJet 1018 Foomatic/foo2zjs-z1 (recommended) > > Printer state: Idle - Sending data to printer. > > Trying to print a test page produces a little box that says: "Submitted - > Test page submitted as job (whatever)" > Noticing that, above, the driver appears to be set to Foomatic, I tried > changing it. Now it reads: > Make > and Model: HP LaserJet 1018, hpcups 3.15.4, requires proprietary plugin > > I pressed the "Print Test Page" button, and got: "Submitted - Test page > submitted as job 64". As usual, nothing happens. > All this time, the printer is turned on, and connected to my laptop via USB > cable, needless to say. On viewing Document print status I have: Job: 64 > /User: tristram /Document: Test Page / Printer: > Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018 / Size: 1k /Time submitted: 11 minutes ago / > Status (printer appears with a red sign) : Stopped - Printer error > On viewing job attributes, I have (for instance, a screen shot would be > really useful here): > job-more-info: http://localhost:631/jobs/64 (...) > job-printer-state-message: Filter failed > job-printer-state-reasons: ['hplip.plugin-error'] (...) > job-state-reasons: job-completed-with-errors (...) > > There's more info in this report, but I don't know what you need... > > I hope this is enough for you people to work on. Meanwhile, I'm > seriously thinking of downgrading my Ubuntu version to what it was > before, and HPLIP also, except that I don't know for sure what the > working version was.... > > Thank you very much, > > Tristram > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 > Package: hplip 3.15.2-0ubuntu4.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-18.18-generic 3.19.6 > Uname: Linux 3.19.0-18-generic i686 > ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 > Architecture: i386 > CupsErrorLog: > E [29/May/2015:09:53:50 -0300] [cups-deviced] PID 12270 (hpfax) stopped > with status 1! > E [29/May/2015:09:54:39 -0300] [cups-deviced] PID 12722 (hpfax) stopped > with status 1! > W [29/May/2015:09:55:28 -0300] CreateProfile failed: > org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id > 'Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018-Gray..' already exists > CurrentDesktop: Unity > Date: Fri May 29 10:00:31 2015 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-15 (134 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1) > Lpstat: > device for Canon-iP1900-series: usb://Canon/iP1900%20series?serial=C6EDE8 > device for Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018: > usb://HP/LaserJet%201018?serial=LF04EKT > MachineType: Acer, inc. Aspire 5570Z > Papersize: letter > PccardctlIdent: > Socket 0: > no product info available > PccardctlStatus: > Socket 0: > no card > PpdFiles: > Canon-iP1900-series: Canon iP1900 series Ver.3.90 > Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018: HP LaserJet 1018 Foomatic/foo2zjs-z1 > (recommended) > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-18-generic > root=UUID=cb168c94-8297-42bf-9400-5acfcb55fdb2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > SourcePackage: hplip > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (34 days ago) > dmi.bios.date: 04/10/07 > dmi.bios.vendor: Acer > dmi.bios.version: v1.3505 > dmi.board.name: Prespa1 > dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc. > dmi.board.version: Not Applicable > dmi.chassis.type: 1 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer, Inc. > dmi.chassis.version: N/A > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3505:bd04/10/07:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire5570Z:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnPrespa1:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A: > dmi.product.name: Aspire 5570Z > dmi.product.version: Not Applicable > dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1460080/+subscriptions ** Attachment added: "Plugin error.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1460080/+attachment/4406780/+files/Plugin%20error.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1460080 Title: HP laserjet 1018 no longer works Status in HP Linux Imaging and Printing: Incomplete Status in hplip package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: My first experience of Ubuntu was Utopic Unicorn, about 2 months ago. I installed HPLIP, so as to use my HP Laserjet 1018 printer, and it all worked fine. On upgrading to Ubuntu 15.04, my printer stopped working. I have tried everything I can think of: upgrading HPLIP, removing HPLIP and installing an alternative driver (foomatic), deleting and adding the printer, nothing works. I have also downloaded and installed all updates to Ubuntu. I have noticed, checking through previous bug reports, that this appears to be a recurring problem: people's HP printers work OK until, on upgrading Ubuntu, they suddenly stopped working. Can it be that beta versions are not being properly tested? Having spent most of yesterday on this problem, and having being seriously ticked off by my boss, about it, I am unwilling to spend further time on it. I was going to include some screens shots to support my case, but I can't see how to do this. Here are some more details: As of now: listed printers are: Canon ip1900 series HP Laserjet 1018 (default) / Enabled --> OK / Shared --> OK Description: Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 1018 Location: tristram-Aspire-5570Z Device URI: usb://HP/LaserJet%201018?serial=LF04EKT Make and Model: HP LaserJet 1018 Foomatic/foo2zjs-z1 (recommended) Printer state: Idle - Sending data to printer. Trying to print a test page produces a little box that says: "Submitted - Test page submitted as job (whatever)" Noticing that, above, the driver appears to be set to Foomatic, I tried changing it. Now it reads: Make and Model: HP LaserJet 1018, hpcups 3.15.4, requires proprietary plugin I pressed the "Print Test Page" button, and got: "Submitted - Test page submitted as job 64". As usual, nothing happens. All this time, the printer is turned on, and connected to my laptop via USB cable, needless to say. On viewing Document print status I have: Job: 64 /User: tristram /Document: Test Page / Printer: Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018 / Size: 1k /Time submitted: 11 minutes ago / Status (printer appears with a red sign) : Stopped - Printer error On viewing job attributes, I have (for instance, a screen shot would be really useful here): job-more-info: http://localhost:631/jobs/64 (...) job-printer-state-message: Filter failed job-printer-state-reasons: ['hplip.plugin-error'] (...) job-state-reasons: job-completed-with-errors (...) There's more info in this report, but I don't know what you need... I hope this is enough for you people to work on. Meanwhile, I'm seriously thinking of downgrading my Ubuntu version to what it was before, and HPLIP also, except that I don't know for sure what the working version was.... Thank you very much, Tristram ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: hplip 3.15.2-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-18.18-generic 3.19.6 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-18-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: i386 CupsErrorLog: E [29/May/2015:09:53:50 -0300] [cups-deviced] PID 12270 (hpfax) stopped with status 1! E [29/May/2015:09:54:39 -0300] [cups-deviced] PID 12722 (hpfax) stopped with status 1! W [29/May/2015:09:55:28 -0300] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id 'Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018-Gray..' already exists CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri May 29 10:00:31 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-15 (134 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1) Lpstat: device for Canon-iP1900-series: usb://Canon/iP1900%20series?serial=C6EDE8 device for Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018: usb://HP/LaserJet%201018?serial=LF04EKT MachineType: Acer, inc. Aspire 5570Z Papersize: letter PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card PpdFiles: Canon-iP1900-series: Canon iP1900 series Ver.3.90 Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-1018: HP LaserJet 1018 Foomatic/foo2zjs-z1 (recommended) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-18-generic root=UUID=cb168c94-8297-42bf-9400-5acfcb55fdb2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: hplip UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (34 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/10/07 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: v1.3505 dmi.board.name: Prespa1 dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3505:bd04/10/07:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire5570Z:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnPrespa1:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Aspire 5570Z dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc. 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