On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 8:04:07 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > Have finally managed to get it working! > > Fedora (which I had not used before) was OK but Debian(my normal OS) was a > problem! An issue for me was that the relevant drivers were in HPLIP version > 3.15.11 onwards. Standard Fedora in Qubes uses 3.16.3 whereas Debian in QUBES > uses 3.14.6. This in itself was not a major issue in that I've installed a > newer version of HPLIP in my normal Debian setup - but replicating that here > caused problems. I won't summarise endless failures but try and summarise how > I eventually succeeded. > > Started with ETHERNET connection from ROUTER to PRINTER. > With Fedora I installed yumex-dnf and system-config-printer. A look at yumex > showed that HPLIP was already there - v 3.16.3. Then in terminal i used > system-config-printer which opened up the add printer menu. Went for the > network option and entered Network Connected IP from Printer in host field. > This gave sub -menu where I think JetDirect and App Socket/HP Jetdirect > fields were needed. A list of all HP printers appeared from where I could > select Colorjet MFP M477fdw. Enter a couple of times and it all worked. > > With Debian, i installed SYNAPTIC - a check there shows no HPLIP installed > and offers 3.14.6. I then googled HP LINUX IMAGING AND PRINTING . Followed > steps 1 to 7 - but not step 8. Latter worked fine on normal Debian setup - > but didn't seem to work here - this was the major frustration. > Instead I keyed "sudo hp-setup -i PRINTERIP" in terminal. Interactive process > installed additional plugin - but this was straightforward - basically just > accepting defaults. The process recognised my printer and everything worked. > However when trying to get access to printer in a new VM I had problems and > got in a mess with references to "shared", "enabled" in printer dialogue box > on PC screen. Printer IP keeps changing - which maybe the problem or not . At > this stage I was still happy because at least I'd seen something print. THEN > went for another option - went back to USB connection between printer and PC. > On printer screen I went to SETUP/NETWORK SETUP/ IP4 CONFIG METHOD and chose > MANUAL option - and went with the default offered - 192.169.xxx.xxx.Having > done the 1st 7 steps of the HP LINUX IMAGING AND PRINTING NOTE already with > DEBIAN QUBES, I simply had to key "sudo hp-setup -i 192.168.xxx.xxx" in > terminal. > It all flowed through again to successful conclusion. > EVERYTHING APPEARS TO WORK!!!! > > Presumably my printer IP ADDRESS is now static. Whether or not I opened up > any security weakness in QUBES I'm not sure but at the moment I don't care > -my printer is working! Intend to do more reading from an old UBUNTU manual - > on networking and PRINTING WITH CUPS - the experience of the last few days > might enable me to understand the relevant chapters a bit better. As a > pensioner I have a bit time on my hands - so I can experiment endlessly on > the spare hard drive I'm using - before committing to moving to QUBES > completely. Am likely to do this - but want to get to feel at ease with QUBES > in a test environment first - so will probably convert in NEW YEAR. Hope this > note is useful for anyone else with PRINTER problems and THANKS AGAIN FOR > COMMENTS.
sorry I should of mentioned I use fedora for printing. I actually use a disposable vm to print everything based on a cloned fedora template. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/4d895ae7-2c79-4c1c-b32a-d51f313e6458%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
