[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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