[ale] Printer problems

[Scott Castaline]

The last time I checked Ubuntu website they had hplip-0.9.3. I had
problems trying to get the scanner on my PSC2610v working also with that
version. By downloading the latest from sourceforge and going through
the install and setup, everything worked, even the fax. It also installs
HPs device mgr which queries status as well as ink levels.

On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 20:33 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
> 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:
> >   
> > > 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:
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > > > 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:
> > > > > >   
> > > > > >       
> > > > > >           
> > > > > > > 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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