Did you answer "Yes" when it was asked whether you want to have
auto-detection (installation, embedded view in MCC, wizard in expert
mode) and did you not turn off auto-detection on the first wizard page
(normal/recommended mode)? If so your device will get an MLC name as
"ptal-init setup" would produce. If you really used auto-detection and
got the MLC name "mlc:usb:0" then please run the following Perl program:
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#!/usr/bin/perl
open FILE, "$ARGV[0]" or die;
my $result;
# Calculation of IOCTL function 0x84005001 (to get device ID string):
# len = 1024
# IOCNR_GET_DEVICE_ID = 1
# LPIOC_GET_DEVICE_ID(len) = _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'P', IOCNR_GET_DEVICE_ID, len)
# _IOC(), _IOC_READ as defined in /usr/include/asm/ioctl.h
ioctl(FILE, 0x84005001, $result) or die;
close FILE;
# Remove non-printable characters
$result =~ tr/[\x0-\x1f]/\./;
print "$result\n";
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
and post its output when calling it with the device name of your printer
as argument, as
getusbprinterid /dev/usb/lp0
So i could see whether the auto-detection works correctly.
Till
Con Kolivas wrote:
> Well done. The printer was detected correctly and the HPOJ ptal driver was
> installed and printing worked fine.
>
> I have a few comments to make though. Printerdrake chooses to setup the ptal
> driver as the following device:
>
> mlc:usb:0
>
> and if it is setup with that name, scanning will NOT work even if the sane.d
> settings for hp are changed.
>
> If the name is the same as the device identified by the ptal-init setup
> program to something like this:
>
> mlc:usb:OfficeJet_G55
>
> then scanning will work fine if the file is edited in /etc/sane.d/hp.conf to
> look like this:
>
> mlc:usb:OfficeJet_G55
> option connect-ptal
>
>
> A better option is the following:
> Start the device as the detected device name and add a new entry into
> /etc/sane.d at the same time and call it
> hpoj.conf (that way the hp.conf file is not modified) and make it:
>
> mlc:usb:$devicename
> option connect-ptal
>
> where $devicename is that detected and setup by ptal-init
>
> Then scanning will automatically work in xsane and all other gui scanner
> programs as well.
>
> Scannerdrake as you mentioned does not setup these devices, but instead of
> saying "not supported" it should say "setup with printerdrake"
>
> nb: This is a copy of a post I made on mandrakeforum.
> Keep up the good work!
> Con.
>
>
