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On Wednesday 07 Mar 2012 06:51:41 Mick wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 07 Mar 2012 06:49:10 Mick wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 07 Mar 2012 02:11:37 Dale wrote: |
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> > > Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:04 PM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > >> On 03/05/2012 04:52 PM, Mick wrote: |
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> > > >>> Also, in a full KDE desktop I select the hplip tooltray applet (or |
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> > > >>> whatever its called) and also change in there the settings to print |
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> > > >>> landscape. |
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> > > >> |
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> > > >> I discovered (the very hard way) to delete and re-create the printer |
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> > > >> devices whenever I update hplip. I kept seeing some really weird |
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> > > >> printing bugs that no one else was seeing, until I deleted and |
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> > > >> re-created the devices with hp-setup. Worth a try, anyway. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > With my printer, I must re-run the HP firmware plug-in downloader as |
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> > > > root every time I update hplip. If I forget to do that, the printer |
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> > > > either does not work at all or appears to be working but may do crazy |
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> > > > things. |
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> > > |
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> > > I have had to do the same thing. I have also noticed if I don't run |
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> > > the config tool that it will max out one CPU core until I kill hplip |
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> > > or log out and sometimes have to kill hplip then. |
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> > > |
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> > > Recently, I have noticed I don't have to do that and everything works |
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> > > as expected. Sort of surprised really. I have got so used to redoing |
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> > > everything after a update. |
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> > |
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> > Thanks guys, but I think that I only use the hpjis driver rather than the |
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> > full hplip package. This is because the printer is connected to this |
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> > printer server: |
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> > |
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> > http://support.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/2516/ |
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> > |
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> > which works with lpd://<ip_address> |
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> > |
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> > I remember running the hp-config or some such script some years back. It |
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> > did not find the printer, or server, or ever configured anything. It |
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> > only tried to connect to USB devices. |
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OK, I just ran it and it won't find the printer. I think hplip will not run on |
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lpd:// protocol, which is strange because hpijs works fine - well, was working |
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fine. |
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hp-setup fails for my network server and defaults to USB: |
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# hp-setup -i 10.10.10.4 |
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HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10) |
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Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0 |
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Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP |
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This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. |
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This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it |
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under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. |
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(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to |
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accept the default.) |
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Using connection type: usb |
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error: |
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Invalid device URI: |
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error: No device selected/specified or that supports this functionality. |
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hp-probe won't find it either: |
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$ hp-probe -bnet |
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HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10) |
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Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1 |
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Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP |
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This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. |
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This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it |
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under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. |
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| DEVICE DISCOVERY | |
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Probing network for printers. Please wait, this will take approx. 10 |
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seconds... |
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warning: |
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No devices found on the 'net' bus. If this isn't the result you are expecting, |
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warning: check your network connections and make sure your internet |
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warning: firewall software is disabled. |
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Done. |
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However, the PS121 print server is there waiting for connections and the HP |
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930c is connected to it and switched on: |
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$ nc -v -w 2 -z 10.10.10.4 1-10000 |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 9100 (jetdirect) open |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 3010 (?) open |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 631 (ipp) open |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 515 (printer) open |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 139 (netbios-ssn) open |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 80 (http) open |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 23 (telnet) open |
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PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 21 (ftp) open |
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These are my flags: |
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[I] net-print/hplip |
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Installed versions: 3.11.10(20:12:51 01/29/12)(X acl hpcups hpijs kde |
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libnotify policykit qt4 -doc -fax -minimal -parport -scanner -snmp -static- |
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ppds) |
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[I] net-print/cups |
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Installed versions: 1.4.8-r1!t(18:07:11 01/29/12)(X acl dbus filters jpeg |
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ldap pam png ssl threads tiff -debug -elibc_FreeBSD -gnutls -java -kerberos - |
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linguas_da -linguas_de -linguas_es -linguas_eu -linguas_fi -linguas_fr - |
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linguas_id -linguas_it -linguas_ja -linguas_ko -linguas_nl -linguas_no - |
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linguas_pl -linguas_pt -linguas_pt_BR -linguas_ru -linguas_sv -linguas_zh - |
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linguas_zh_TW -perl -php -python -slp -static-libs -xinetd) |
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Am I missing something obvious? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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