[ale] printers

[Brian Pitts]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> 
> it starts, tells me there is no PPD, so I select OTHER, and select the 
> hpofficeject 5600 ( mine is a 5610). It says:
> 
> # hp-setup
> 
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.8.4)
> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 7.2
> 
> Copyright (c) 2001-8 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
> 
> Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the 
> authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based 
> authentication failed
> error: PPD not file found. An appropriate PPD file could not be found. Please 
> check your HPLIP install, use <i>Select Other...</i>, or download one from 
> linuxprinting.org.
> error: Printer queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again.
> 
> error: Fax queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again.
> error: Printer queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again.
> error: Fax queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again.
> lpr: The printer or class was not found.
> error: Print command failed with exit code 256!
> 
> Done.
> 
> -----------
> I restart cups, and the printer doesn't show up. My 8510 does, but it was 
> already there.

I must confess I've gotten lost in this thread and can't quite figure it
out from the messages in my trash. Are you trying to set up a printer 
using hp-setup? Did you try the standard tool in Ubuntu and Fedora, 
system-config-printer?

-Brian