On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:13:07 -0600 Richard <ratcheson@earthlink.net> wrote:
I use an HP840C via USB.
Following yast printer reinstall, at the dialog for USB printer connection I click TEST PRINTER CONNECTION and it outputsHello World to the printer. At the next dialog I select the printer name=lp with make and model = HP84C. At the next Configuration dialog I have selected the HPijs, cdj500 , color HPijs, color 300 cdj880, and color 300 cdj550 drivers. I have clicked the 'Test Grapical Printers" and Test Text Printers. NOTHING!
When CUPS was working I had selected the monochrome for lp and color hpijs drivers. Now it is dead.
When you add printers, you need to use a different printer name. Like lp = lp0 = grayscale 300 dpi draft lp1 = grayscale 600 dpi lp2 = color 300 dpi draft etc etc. Also check /etc/cups/printer.conf and make sure that your chosen printer has a STATE = IDLE ACCEPTING=yes. When a failure occurs on a printer, like if you turn off power during a print, the file halts the printer by adjusting the above variables. You need to manually fix it sometimes. There are a couple of nice gtk apps for cups, gtklp and gtklpq -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation