Hi guys,

I added my old Deskjet 610C to my SUSE 10.0 system (was in for a service). When trying to print I nothing happens, just some stuff in the logs. Google has not yielded much. Any ideas?

Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: pnp: Device 00:0a disabled. Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: pnp: Device 00:0a activated. Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] Nov 17 23:58:20 rincewind kernel: parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 610C Nov 17 23:58:20 rincewind kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind hp: unable to open /var/run/hpiod.port: No such file or directory: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 75 Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind hp: unable to connect hpiod socket 50000: Connection refused: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 693 Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind hp: unable to send ProbeDevices: Broken pipe Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind kernel: lp0: ECP mode Nov 17 23:59:24 rincewind kernel: lp0: ECP mode Nov 17 23:59:24 rincewind kernel: lp0: ECP mode Note that I had a similar problem with a network SAMBA printer. I deleted and configured it anew. It does appear that the driver may be missing or misconfigured. Did you use YaST to configure the printer? Was it able to detect the

On Monday 28 November 2005 9:56 am, H du Plooy wrote: printer? You should be able to select the correct driver for the HP Deskjet610C. Then do a test print to see if it works. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9