What Linux distro are you using?
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is this printer the HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing washed > > out colors for no reason? > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > > > > > > > Everything was working fine until I changed routers about six > months > > > ago > > > > > and had to change the ip address for the printer. Nothing related > to > > > the > > > > > printer has worked right since. > > > > > > > > Michael, > > > > > > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply. > > > > > > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file > or > > > does > > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd? > > > > > > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname? > > > > > > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is a problem with printing > > from > > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer > > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups > > issue. > > > > > > Michael > > > ________ > > > > Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue. > > To recap: > About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required changing > the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print became > washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a printer > problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other computers. > It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had asked how > to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I got by > with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time. > Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as well. > From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page that > discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and installed > the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous version > of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed > procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install. Once it > discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required and > proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it again said > the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times, plugin > required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin required, > install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people had > experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the complaints > were never answered or solved. > > So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all say to > go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups is > installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the opening pages > displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a page > that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc. all work > fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at > /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder and > display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the localhost:631 > home page. The add printer command Adding Printers and Classes > <http://localhost:631/admin>(localhost:631/Admin) also says not found. > > Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I cannot > print at all from this computer. I think my next step might be to try to > remove hplip completely and reinstall cups and go that route. My other two > Mint computers do not seem to have hplip installed but only use cups and > they print just fine. > > We'll see. > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
