Hello, On May 2 06:03 Larry Crouch wrote (shortened): > I have an HP DeskJet D4168 printer connected to a Windows 2000 > computer via the USB bus. The printer is shared and my other > networked PCs print to the printer fine. This printer only prints, > it does not fax, scan or copy.
If I understand you correctly, you only want to print and youn don't need device service and/or device status via the hp-toolbox on the client machines in the network? If yes, all you need is the HPIJS driver from the HPLIP software together with the matching PPD file for CUPS to produce the right printer specific data for this particular model. You neither need the HPLIP daemons running (used for direct device communication which is not possible here because the actual device is "hidden" behind the SMB share) nor do you need the HPLIP GUI programs like "hp-toolbox". Have a look at http://hplip.sourceforge.net/tech_docs/hpijs.html According to http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/combined.html a HP DeskJet D4160/D4163 belongs to the DJ4100 printer class (a printer class contains compatible models). I hope that the D4168 is also compatible to those models. Unfortunately it seems you bought a "lightweight" device because it "does not understand PCL", see http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_D4100 and compare this for example with http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility I.e. it seems you really need the matching HPIJS driver and cannot use one of the many generic PCL drivers. The DJ4100 printer class is available since HPLIP version 1.6.6. Check if your Linux distribution provides this version or a newer one because then you don't need to compile and install HPLIP on your own. Regarding how to access a SMB share, have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_via_SMB_%28Samba%29_Share_or_Windows_Share or see the various articles/documentation regarding Samba. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
