On 2016-11-30 20:57, Mark Misulich wrote:
On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 20:00 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-11-30 18:30, Mark Misulich wrote:
On Tue, 2016-11-29 at 19:40 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-11-29 18:36, Mark Misulich wrote:
I think that I got the automatic power on problem fixed. I was reading in a configuration file for HP that Leap 42.2 is not supported. So I used yast to remove any program with an HP in the title.
Then I reinstalled the printer using a cups driver for the printer, without using HP Setup. Power button seems to work normally now, no automatic turn on after three seconds. The printer prints normally but must be turned on manually to print, no automatic turn on when the print command is given for a job.
Well, that's what I told you, that some hp printers can be configured without hplip -- I'm unsure if I got the spelling right ;-)
Thanks for bringing that to my attention again. I didn't understand the import of what you were saying when you originally wrote that to me, as I probably still don't. Sorry about my lack of understanding. I don't know what hplip stands for or what it does.
No problem, don't worry :-) hplip is the HP software for handling their printers. It is open source, thus it is included in the distro, and the installation is suggested/done by YaST when you say you are going to configure an HP printer.
I did reply to you originally that I thought that printer installation in Yast pulled in hplip as a dependency. I had originally used an hp driver called something like HP970 hp***, which I don't find in Yast now so I can't provide the correct driver name. During that installation without using HPsetup, it pulled in hplip and other hp*'s as dependencies.
Yes, that is so.
Since that driver caused a problem with the power starting, I changed drivers to the CUPS + gutenprint, and later another driver. Neither driver fixed the power issue. So then I ran HPsetup, which also didn't fix the problem, and led to me posting on the mailing list.
Thanks again for your help in trying to resolve this, it is much appreciated.
Welcome.
As long as a printer speaks postscript, it can be done without a driver.
So, your printer has a function to be turned on from software, and previously you were using that. Now, you have to use the button. Well, it is very probably that HP feature which is broken now in software.
Agreed. It is just a minor issue to turn on the printer manually to print.
You will just have to watch out for things like paper margins and some other things, maybe they are not fully correct. You might report all this in a bugzilla. Or perhaps to the hplip people directly. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)