Public bug reported:
Hi. Printing worked fine for me in Hardy 8.04. I installed Jaunty
9.04, and I could not print out of the box. I installed Jaunty fresh,
not by upgrading. I clicked to add a new printer. The printer
configuration program probed for printers and found my printer, which it
said was an HP Laserjet 5Si, which it is. It said it would be an HPLIP
device, which seems logical.
However, when I attempted to print, I found that it didn't work. I set
cups to do debug output, and I checked out the error log. The gs
command that it was running was using the device as "deskjet 3600"
rather than an appropriate laserjet one. Consequently, it was quitting
with err=33.
I went to the printer configuration app again and clicked on
"Properties" for my printer. Despite the fact that the description of
the printer was "HP LaserJet 5Si", the "Make and Model" was set to "HP
DeskJet 910", using the hpijs driver.
I clicked on "Change" and manually set it to HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX
Postscript, and now it prints just fine.
If it's going to misidentify the driver it needs, I'd rather it not try
at all. But this worked in Hardy, so I think it can be made to work
again.
Thanks.
** Affects: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
--
Printer misidentified by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377858
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
