CUPS and HP Deskjet 500 printer, SuSE 8.2
Hello. When installing an HP Deskjet 500 printer (Suse 8.2 and CUPS), Yast2 will select a printer driver (hpijs) which does not work with the Deskjet 500. Do not bother, carry on with the installation, It is easy to get things working later : - Enter in the CUPS web administration tool with a web browser at http://localhost:631. - Select admin/manage printers/modify printer/.... ..../modele/pilot - Instead of the preselected line "HP Deskjet 500, Foomatic + hpijs" select the line "HP Deskjet 500, Foomatic + djet500" There are several others pilots proposed which might be better than djet500, but this one works and I have not investigated further. This message is just to make sure the info will be indexed in some database. -- Yvon Nedonchelle
On Wednesday 15 October 2003 2:29 pm, Yvon Nedonchelle wrote:
When installing an HP Deskjet 500 printer (Suse 8.2 and CUPS), Yast2 will select a printer driver (hpijs) which does not work with the Deskjet 500.
Yes, this is absolutely correct, and one of several "issues" with the way YaST sets up printers in 8.2. Unfortunately, that was a few steps back as far as printer support was concerned compared to 8.1 - it gives the impression that the setup has gone smoothly, but in fact in a number of cases it hasn't. Things are supposed to be better in 9.0 - we shall see .... -- Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rydd yn Gymraeg
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