Am 15.01.2011 01:23, schrieb Walter Bright:
Daniel Gibson wrote:
The hplip version in Ubuntu 8.04 and in Ubuntu 9.10 support your printer - I
don't know about your version,
8.10
because Ubuntu doesn't list it anymore, but I'd be surprised if it didn't
support it as well ;)
hplips docs say that the printer is supported when connected via USB or
"Network or JetDirect" (but not Parallel port, but probably the printer
doesn't have one).
The HP 2300D is parallel port. (The "D" stands for duplex, an extra cost option
on the 2300.)
HP says[1] it has also got USB, if their docs are correct for your version (and
the USB port is just somehow hidden) it may be worth a try :)
Also,
http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_2300 links (under
"Postscript") a PPD that supports duplex. CUPS supports adding a printer and
providing a custom PPD. (In my experience Postscript printers do support the
parallel port, you can even just cat a PS file to /dev/lp0 if it has the right
format)
However, *maybe* performance (especially for pictures) is not as great as with
HPs own PCL.
As a Bonus: There are generic Postscript driver for Windows as well, so with
that PPD your Duplex may even work on Windows :)
It may be that Ubuntu doesn't install hplip (HPs driver for all kinds of
printers - including the LaserJet 2300 ;)) by default.
That could be fixed by
"sudo apt-get install hplip hpijs-ppds"
and then trying to add the printer again (if there's no Voodoo to do that
automatically).
How I installed the printer is I just, more or less at random, said it was a
different HP laserjet, and then it worked. The duplex doesn't work, though, nor
any of the other variety of special features it has.
Maybe CUPS didn't list the LJ2300 as supported because (according to that
outdated list I found in the Ubuntu 8.04 driver) it isn't supported at the parport.
[1]
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/18972-236251-236263-14638-f51-238800-238808-238809.html
