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I recently installed the 40r4a etchnhalf distribution using the net install function. The install went well and everything works, with the exception of my printer. It is a HP DeskJet ...
  1. 09-10-2008 #1
    John Van Gelder
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    HP DeskJet 722c

    I recently installed the 40r4a etchnhalf distribution using the net install function. The install went well and everything works, with the exception of my printer. It is a HP DeskJet 722 c, it is supposed to work "Perfectly" with Debian, however it does not. I installed the printer using the localhost:631 link, it tells me the printer and the drivers are installed, but when I attempt to print a test page the printer que indicates that the job has stopped. The printer is installed at LPT 1, when I went to the HPLIP page it indicates that the 722c is not supported. I am relatively new to Linux, but had used other distributions over the years, I used Fedora Core 3 for some time and that same printer worked well, it also worked with Ubuntu 4.1. Any help will be appreciated.

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    Welcome to the forums!

    I really don't know if it would help, or not, but you could try going here and downloading the PPD file for your printer.

    Then, go to a terminal, su to root, and move the PPD file to the /usr/share/cups/model folder:

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    mv name_of_PPD_file /usr/share/cups/model
    Then restart CUPS, or reboot your system, and then try using localhost:631 again to setup the printer. Be sure to select the newly installed driver.

    Hope it helps.
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    I appreciate the help, it has been some time since I did anything with Linux, so I am a bit at sea, not that I knew much before... when I tried to move the file I got : missing destination file operand after `HP-Deskjet_722C-pnm2ppa.ppd/usr/share /cups/model'

    When I go into the file system manualy the path is: usr/ share/cups/model/hpijs(this is a link) when I open this folder it goes to a folder labeled HP which in turn contains a whole series of zipped files ( which I am assuming are printer drivers). The 722c is not present.

    I am sure that I am missing a command ... or something..

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    the mv command didn't work because you didn't put a space between the file you were going to move and it's destination
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    mv HP-Deskjet_722C-pnm2ppa.ppd /usr/share/cups/model
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    Perhaps I have a bit more information.. I tried to reinstall the printer using foomatic and pointing it to the location I downloaded the driver to. When I did a test page I got the same message that the "job had stopped", I ran properties on the printer and found this in status: Ready: /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed
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    When I put the space in I get " No such file or directory"..
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    Not sure what might be wrong, but be sure you are in the directory holding the PPD file when you go to move it. Otherwise, you'll need to use the entire path to the file in your command:

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    mv /path/to/HP-Deskjet_722C-pnm2ppa.ppd /usr/share/cups/model
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    It is in the ppd file in cups
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