On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 11:41:53PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > >Thanks. > > > OK. I checked linuxprinting.org and it said that hplip should work and > reminded me that the printer DOES have a USB connection. So I > disconnected the parallel port and connected by USB. The output of > dmesg shows: > > ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: wakeup > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 18 > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 18 if 0 > alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 > usbcore: registered new driver usblp > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver > > so it seems to be getting recognized, but nothing prints, now. I am > guessing that I need to tell CUPS that the printer is now connected via > USB, and not the parallel port. How do I do that? I have been looking > through the CUPS documentation, and the output of lpinfo is: > > :/usr/share/doc/cupsys/online-docs# lpinfo -v > network socket > direct hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L > network http > network ipp > network lpd > direct parallel:/dev/lp0 > direct usb://hp/deskjet%205550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15 > > This tells me where the printer is, but I still do not know how to tell > CUPS where it is. Do I put the full URI: > 'hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L' into the location under > 'Modify Printer'?
yup. afaik. the online documentation of hplip is pretty good and walks you through the process easily. That said, I do all my conf. through http://localhost:631 (cups web interface). Set up a new printer, follow the instructions and it should be working out of the box. at least it does in sid at the moment. it was painless. A
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