[ale] Printer problems

[Vikram Nanda]

Thanks Scott.

The printer is working fine now but the scanner is still not working.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1696860#post1849912


Scott Castaline wrote:
> best bet is to download latest hplip and install. Someone has made a run
> file to install it, I don't remember where it is but I think there was a
> link at the site for hplip. It made life so much easier. It
> automatically launches the setup script after installing.
>
> On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 18:44 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
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>> It is a USB printer.
>>
>> It is HP officejet 4215.
>>
>> To get the scanner working, thought of reinstalling the hplip package.
>> By mistake I removed it fully and reinstalled it.
>>
>> It messed up things now-  I cant find HP officejet 4200 series among
>> the list of printers when I try adding my printer through System
>> Settings --> Printers ---> Add ---> Printers
>>
>> I am out of ideas now
>>
>> Scott Castaline wrote: 
>>     
>>> networked or direct connected (parallel or USB) all-in-one unit?
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 16:52 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
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>>>> My case was a bit different  - I didn't use automatix..........
>>>> But something definitely uninstalled my cupsys and it didn't touch the
>>>> hp drivers
>>>> Also I am still struggling to get the scanner portion working - am
>>>> getting a I/O error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christopher Fowler wrote: 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 15:52 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
>>>>>   
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>>>>>> Got it working-  looks like cupsys got uninstalled during one of the
>>>>>> updates. I reinstalled it and my printer is working.
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> That needs to be answered.  Why would it be uninstalled?  I had a
>>>>> similar problem with automatix2.  I ran it and picked many items.  One
>>>>> was mplayer.  After mplayer was installed I watched a video.  In the
>>>>> back ground automatix2 was still working.  Minutes later I ran mplayer
>>>>> again and it was no where to be found.  Some program install in
>>>>> automatix2 required that mplayer not be installed and when it got to
>>>>> that packet it removed it.  I'm not totally sure why it did that but
>>>>> from that moment on I have not selected many items in automatix2.  I
>>>>> select a few run it and then repeat until I'm done.
>>>>>
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