One thing you can try is to install latest hplip from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html
HTH, Dong On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Ken Corbin <[email protected]> wrote: > My daughter is having this problem with an HP Deskjet 3650. Acts like > like is printing something, moves the printhead back and forth like it > is printing something, but no ink ever hits the paper. It has done this > ever since I switched her from Windows to Uuntu karmic. Printer still > works OK when we hook it to the Windows box. > > This sounds exactly like the problem reported in beg 409962, except that > it is still happening even with packages where this problem is supposed > to be fixed. We are running karmic with cups 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.1 and > libpoppler 0.12.0-0ubuntu2.1 and hplip3.9.8-1 ubuntu2. We never had an > earlier version of Ubuntu installed on this system, so I can't tell if > it used to work sometime in the past. The printer still works perfectly > when we hook it up to a Windows system. > > If this is the same problem, it would be a ghostscript rather than a > cups issue. The symptom of moving the printhead but not printing any > paper kind of hint at a hplip or ghostscript issue. We need to get this > fixed, tax season is fast approaching and she needs a printer. > > -- > the printer "print" a blank page > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189248 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in HP Linux Imaging and Printing: Fix Released > Status in “cupsys” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > [Ubuntu Hardy] > > While trying to print anything, the printer give me blank pages. > > The problem is the same with 2 printers I've tried : > - HP LaserJet 1300 -> LPT port > - Brother HL6050DN ->TCP/IP on the network > > The 2 printers work fine with other PCs running Ubuntu Gutsy > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/189248/+subscribe > -- the printer "print" a blank page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189248 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
