Help with printer?

**Game master pro** · 12-09-2005

Im in ubuntu 5.10, an decided to try out my old printer.
It's a HP deskjet plus, and plugged into parrelell port #1. I installed it like i do in windows. And then i clicked on print a test page, and it started working, but then it just prints out random gibberish. THen it keeps on going, printing page after page, i tryed cancelling the jobs but still it just keeps printing, i had to turn the printer off to stop it from printing. My question is, how do i get it to actually work?

**Vergil83** · 12-10-2005

did you install hpijs?

**Game master pro** · 12-11-2005

Uh, i don't know. Depends, if it installs it for you then yeah its there because i just installed everything. If not then probably not, do i apt-get it?

**borromini** · 12-11-2005

Open your favorite browser, navigate to localhost:631, and choose 'administrative tasks'. Then fill in root and root password. Then check your printer config and if there are still jobs in the printer's queue.

**Vergil83** · 12-12-2005

Originally Posted by Game master pro

Uh, i don't know. Depends, if it installs it for you then yeah its there because i just installed everything. If not then probably not, do i apt-get it?

Code:

apt-get install hpijs

**antidrugue** · 12-12-2005

Check out my post here... what?

They erase posts on this forum now? Hum... not liking it.

Before doing any of the things listed here, try what Vergil83 told you, it may work just like that.

Well, you would need:

Code:

sudo apt-get install printconf hplip cupsomatic-ppd hpijs

Then restart the print server:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/hplip restart
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

Now open a browser and go at http://localhost:631 (you will be asked for a password, type your username password.
> Click "Printers"
> "Modify Printer"
> Enter Name, Location, Description ; then click "Continue"
> From the Device drop-down list, click hp:/usb/[printer name, serial number].
For example, "hp:/usb/hp_deskjet_842c?serial=MY31R1K02179".
> Click "Continue"
> In the "Make" list, click "HP", and then click "Continue"
> In the "Model" list, click the printer model, and then click "Continue"
(you should choose the foomatic recommended driver specific to your printer)

I know in Ubuntu it is supposed to be simpler then that, but when it does not work as expected, sometimes you have to go back to the basics.

**Game master pro** · 12-12-2005

Thanks antidrugue that worked perfectly

All i had to do was install those thing (not all of them, just some) and it worked fine

**antidrugue** · 12-12-2005

Hehe, cool.

**Game master pro** · 12-14-2005

Originally Posted by antidrugue

Check out my post here... what?

They erase posts on this forum now? Hum... not liking it.

Before doing any of the things listed here, try what Vergil83 told you, it may work just like that.

Well, you would need:

Code:

sudo apt-get install printconf hplip cupsomatic-ppd hpijs

Then restart the print server:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/hplip restart
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

Now open a browser and go at http://localhost:631 (you will be asked for a password, type your username password.
> Click "Printers"
> "Modify Printer"
> Enter Name, Location, Description ; then click "Continue"
> From the Device drop-down list, click hp:/usb/[printer name, serial number].
For example, "hp:/usb/hp_deskjet_842c?serial=MY31R1K02179".
> Click "Continue"
> In the "Make" list, click "HP", and then click "Continue"
> In the "Model" list, click the printer model, and then click "Continue"
(you should choose the foomatic recommended driver specific to your printer)

I know in Ubuntu it is supposed to be simpler then that, but when it does not work as expected, sometimes you have to go back to the basics.

Thanks for this post, it's very helpfulll, and i know thiss is sthe wrong forum but i need help installed the printer in slackware, i don't want to start another topic about it, http://localhost:631 works still and i'm trying to add the printer, and im up to the

"Now open a browser and go at http://localhost:631 (you will be asked for a password, type your username password.
> Click "Printers"
> "Modify Printer"
> Enter Name, Location, Description ; then click "Continue""

bit, but what i need to know is, what name description and loction is needed? i don't really understand what to put here...
Thanks for the help. and i appoligize for putting thi spost in the wrong forum

(i'm sorry for the spelling of most wordss incorectly as my keybor is stickkking EXTREMY and i really am not faking it, im ust typing normally an it misses hf the charcter and doubles ome of them, or ome reason it only happens swhen im using X, using a terminal iss fine...)

**antidrugue** · 12-14-2005

Well, this part:
Enter Name, Location, Description ; then click "Continue"

...really it won't affect the functionning of the printer. The important things come just after that...

Starting with the next screen, "device", it's important.

I've never try on slackware, but it should work well.

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