This printer has another protocol than most of the other DeskJets.
Therefore you need to install the pnm2ppa package.
Till
"Daniel R. Anderson" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got a PII, 350MHz, with 64MB RAM, and I was trying to get my printer -
> a HP DeskJet 722C to work with Linux Mandrake 7.1. When I was using the
> original setup program (when I was installing Linux on my system), none of
> the settings I tried worked (I basically tried all the different HP printer
> drivers to see if I could get one to work). And, when I could get output,
> everything was overlapping and out of place. I've tried several times to
> log in under root, and use the printer configuration under DrakConfig, but
> now I can't get the printer to print out a test page! I was wondering if
> that might be because there were jobs in the print queue that couldn't
> print, blocking even a text only job from working. But, I couldn't find out
> how to access the print queue. So, has anyone ever set up an HP722C printer
> before? I didn't see and HP 7xx drivers in the printer setup box, and I
> didn't see any messages about it in the archives, so I assume it can't be a
> common problem - or I'm searching under the wrong term. Any help would be
> appreciated! Thank you!
>
> -Dan
