[ale] Printer problems
Vikram Nanda
vikramnanda at exsculpo.com
Sun Dec 10 21:59:36 EST 2006
Scott,
I installed the latest hplip from sourceforge. The scanner part still
has the same problem.
$ hp-check
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.6.10)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 4.0
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=0
pp-build=0
gui-build=1
scanner-build=1
fax-build=1
internal-tag=1.6.10.11
HPLIP running?
--> Yes, HPLIP is running (OK).
HPOJ running?
--> No, HPOJ is not running (OK).
Checking Python version...
--> OK, version 2.4.4 installed
----------------
| DEPENDENCIES |
----------------
( Not installed)
Checking for dependency 'libcrypto (libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic
library)'...
error: Not found!
error: This is a REQUIRED dependency.
Checking for dependency 'ppdev (ppdev - Parallel port support kernel
module.)'...
error: Not found!
error: This is a REQUIRED dependency.
Checking for dependency 'libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP
networking library development files)'...
error: Not found!
error: This is a REQUIRED dependency.
----------------------
| INSTALLED PRINTERS |
----------------------
officejet_4200
--------------
Device URI: hp:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5
Installed in HPLIP? Yes
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/officejet_4200.ppd
PPD Description: HP OfficeJet 4200 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended)
Printer status:
printer officejet_4200 is idle. enabled since Sun 10 Dec 2006 09:49:16
PM EST
officejet_4200_fax
------------------
Device URI: hpfax:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5
Installed in HPLIP? Yes
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/officejet_4200_fax.ppd
PPD Description: HP Fax
Printer status:
printer officejet_4200_fax is idle. enabled since Sun 10 Dec 2006
09:44:44 PM EST
----------------------
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
----------------------
'hpaio' in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
--> OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is not properly set up.
Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
device `hpaio:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5' is a hp
officejet_4200_series multi-function peripheral
device `hpaio:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5' is a hp
officejet_4200_series multi-function peripheral
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname BT878 video (AVerMedia TVPhone
virtual device
Scott Castaline wrote:
> 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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