[gentoo-user] Re: Best printer to use with Gentoo.
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:33:39 -0500, Carl Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had no success getting my HP PSC 1610 Inkjet/Scanner connected to CUPS under Gentoo. Of course, there's no such thing as a best printer, but do any subscribers have recommendations for printers they've found easy to connect and use? Either inkjet or low-cost laser. FWIW, I could not get my HP photosmart 7660 to work 'til I went with hplip 1.6.12 and cups 1.2.7. (I print only rarely, but when necessary, I start up hplip, then cupsd.) Everything works fine. HTH -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best printer to use with Gentoo.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:33:39 -0500, Carl Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had no success getting my HP PSC 1610 Inkjet/Scanner connected to CUPS under Gentoo. Of course, there's no such thing as a best printer, but do any subscribers have recommendations for printers they've found easy to connect and use? Either inkjet or low-cost laser. FWIW, I could not get my HP photosmart 7660 to work 'til I went with hplip 1.6.12 and cups 1.2.7. (I print only rarely, but when necessary, I start up hplip, then cupsd.) Everything works fine. HTH Follow this links http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=110931 You will see some information about USB port as well as about hpijs 1.4.1 (if you have an HP printer) I hope that it be useful for you. Regards Sigfrido -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best printer to use with Gentoo.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:33:39 -0500, Carl Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had no success getting my HP PSC 1610 Inkjet/Scanner connected to CUPS under Gentoo. Of course, there's no such thing as a best printer, but do any subscribers have recommendations for printers they've found easy to connect and use? Either inkjet or low-cost laser. FWIW, I could not get my HP photosmart 7660 to work 'til I went with hplip 1.6.12 and cups 1.2.7. (I print only rarely, but when necessary, I start up hplip, then cupsd.) Everything works fine. HTH Did you see it http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml#usb It is necessary to be able to use USB printer in your kernel like this: Device Drivers -- USB Support -- * Support for Host-side USB (...) --- USB Host Controller Drivers (Select the HCD that your system uses. If you do not know which one to select, run lspci -v | grep HCI from another terminal) * EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support ( or ) * OHCI HCD support ( or ) * UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support (...) * USB Printer support Did you? I hope that it help you Regards Sigfrido -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Best printer to use with Gentoo.
In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Carl Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but do any subscribers have recommendations for printers they've found easy to connect and use? Either inkjet or low-cost laser. I have a low-end laser, the usb HP LaserJet 1020. Support isn't from HP, just from reverse-engineering, but it works fine. The driver is ~arch in gentoo, but only because the developer doesn't like the idea of people using versions other than the one directly from his website. openprinting.org has details. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Best printer to use with Gentoo.
In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Thomas Kear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recommend the 1022 over the slightly cheaper 1020 (suggested by another user) due to not requiring boot-time firmware loading, one less thing to worry about. I don't disagree at all, but only note that having to load the firmware each time hasn't yet presented any problems. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best printer to use with Gentoo.
Thanks to all who replied to this. Petr Uzel's advice was first up, since I didn't have hplip installed: make sure you have hplip running before configuring cups. Then there should appear something like hp:/ in that list. I've PSC 1610 and it works perfectly. I hope it will help, otherwise, feel free to ask :) Also useful was Sigfrido Ortiz's remarks about USB kernel support. Problem now is the hp: device is hp:/no_device_found Working on this for a bit ... Carl Adams. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
