Can you try the following:
Set your parallel port to "ECP" or "bi-directional" in the BIOS setup.
Install the hpoj package:
urpmi hpoj
Edit /etc/ptal-start.conf by removing the "#" in the beginning of the lines:
#ptal-mlcd par:0 ...
#ptal-printd mlc:par:0 ...
near the end of the file.
Start the hpoj daemon
service hpoj start
Start PrinterDrake (command: "printerdrake") or the Mandrake Control
center (choose "Hardware" and then "Printer" here). You will see the
main menu of PrinterDrake now.
Click the "Expert Mode" button at the lower right.
Click on the entry for your OfficeJet printer and click "OK". In the
next dialog choose "Printer connection type" and then "Local printer".
Now type "/dev/ptal-printd/mlc_par_0" as the "Printer Device".
Click "OK" and try to print again. Now it should work with cdj850 (at
least according to the authors of hpoj, I do not have such a device to
test).
If it does not work check the comments in /etc/ptal-start.conf and also
the documentation in /usr/share/doc/hpoj-0.8/ for further options. Check
also the documentation for how to set up scanning with your device.
If all this does not help, try all the drivers offered for the HP
DeskJet 850C.
Please tell me all your results as soon as possible so that I can
correct the database, advice the HPOJ authors, and have a Mandrake 8.1
correctly supporting the HP OJ 1150C.
Till
Blue Lizard wrote:
> it is also the driver recommended by install (as opposed to cdj550) for
> my HP OfficeJet 1150C. Both drivers are listed and cdj850 has
> '(recommended)' by it. It is, in fact, a better driver as it is more
> suited to the capabilities and purposes of the machine (for example,
> cdj550 does not give an option for printing in less than best quality
> while cdj850 lets me choose btwn the proper settings of draft, normal,
> and presentation). The only exception that i have so far noticed is
> that it has no support for bw/grayscale printing, where the cdj550 will
> allow floyd-steinberg gray. Unfortunately, even though test pages print
> fine during install, whenever i attempt to print anything afterwards all
> i get is garbage/gibberish/nonsense/greek/blank pages. If I choose
> cdj550 during install, I do not have this problem. Although I would
> much prefer a fix so that I stop wasting loads of ink printing howtos in
> best quality :), it needs to be resolved somehow before release (it'd be
> cooler if it could be done pre-rc). If a fix can not be accomplished by
> then, it will be sorry when half the questions i get on mandrakeexpert
> are in referrence to 'Why the f*ck wont my printer work?!' from people
> who do a recommended install, which obviously uses the recommended
> driver. This message is equivalent to as if I posted it to cooker ml,
> meaning i will help however i can.
> Best regards,
> Blue
>
> --
> blue@localhost ~$ rpm -q cups-drivers
> cups-drivers-1.1-7mdk
> blue@localhost ~$ rpmmon -p cups-drivers-1.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
> till
> blue@localhost ~$ mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
