[ale] PSC 1350 and ptal

[Dow Hurst]

Cor,
ptal is the low level hardware interface that works thru the USB 
interface to talk to the HP printer.  If you don't get any response from 
the ptal-init setup, that is, the program doesn't find your printer and 
allow you to define a name for it, then you might need the latest 
version of the hpoj package.  Have you checked for support by hpoj for 
your printer?  There is a /etc/ptal/mlc:usb:officejet_d_series config 
file with keywords you can see are defined by the ptal-init setup 
command.  At that is the location under SUSE9.0 for the config file.  
Can you post the dialog you have with the ptal-init setup command?
Thanks,
Dow


Cor van Dijk wrote:

>I have been halfway succesful in getting the hp psc1350 to work on
>redhat and suse ( kernel 2.40.20) with
>hpoj-0.91. That is,  the scanner works ok, but the printer part  refuses
>to work, does nor even seem connected.
>Rerunning "/ptal-init setup" as suggested on some FAQ- like
>interchanges, does not work.
>Bypassing the spooler with "cat > <filename>  /dev/usb/lp0" does
>nothing, although the driver is "raw", that is
>no driver. Same thing with the "hpijs" driver.
>Could this be a "cups" issue? I am probably missing something obvious.
>Can somebody help me out or point
>me in the right direction. TIA. Cor van Dijk.
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