When I print I get a blank page!

[oxf]

Hi

This is most frustratiing! I have gone the printer setup, i.e System/Administratio/Printing.
Printer cofig window pops up and my printer has been detected and is displayed right there.

But when I go to print test page it sends the job to the printer and starts printing, except one problem..... the page comes out blank! (exactly the same thing happens if I print a document also) Before anyone asks, yes there IS ink in the cartridge and I can switch to windows and print just fine. Any ideas whats going on?

I'm using Jaunty 9.04 and the printer is an HP Deskjet D1460

Thanks
Mike

[b2bwild]

The HP Deskjet D1460 works fine under Linux using HPLIP drivers.

---> HPLIP

[oxf]

The HP Deskjet D1460 works fine under Linux using HPLIP drivers.

---> HPLIP

OK thanks. Yes i looked up my printer and saw it is supported. Are you saying I need to download the HPLIP drivers to get it to work?
Which I can but what puzzles me is if it already sends a job to the printer and prints the page (albeit blank) it would seem to indicate some driver is currently installed. Without a driver it wouldn't communicate with the printer would it?

Anyway you are saying I need to download the driver from HPLIP?

[rollie]

I use a canon iP3000 and I had to go to System>Printing which brings up Printer Configuration-localhost. Here I selected New and let it search for drivers. Everything works fine after I made it my default printer. You can try this, I hopr it works,

[oxf]

I use a canon iP3000 and I had to go to System>Printing which brings up Printer Configuration-localhost. Here I selected New and let it search for drivers. Everything works fine after I made it my default printer. You can try this, I hopr it works,

Well I've sorted it. I went to System/Admin/Printers and deleted my printer. Then went to new printer and let it detect and install and now it prints just fine. Why I don't know?
But now it works

[rollie]

Hi oxf, glad to hear it. Usually when you use HP printers HPLIP does the trick but I have had to install hpij to get the printer to work and if you have a hp all-in-one you will have to install hpoj to get the scanner to work. Just a little info in case you get one. Have a great day and welcome to the forums. I'm new here also.