On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 05:23:43PM +0000, Alisdair wrote: > After using Mandrake and Knoppix over the last couple of years I have finally > managed to install a working Debian system :-), and everything seems to be > fine except the printing :-( > > I have looked through several forums, and done my best to rtfm but haven't > come up with anything that has made a difference. I suspect it is something > very basic but... > > I'm afraid I am at a complete loss. lp seems okay. CUPS seems to be properly > installed. In fact I have installed it and gs several times, but there is no > output at all, and no indication that my HP Laserjet 5L (using the hpijs ppd)
I thought the hpijs is just for inkjets? What does linuxprinting.org recommend for the LaserJet 5L (I'm pretty sure I'm using a [foomatic-gimpprint?] driver for my 6L at home. Works great. > serial serial:/dev/ttyS3?baud=115200 > direct usb://5150 [this is a hp deskjet 5150 which I have not yet setup under > CUPS] Ah! You will need the hpijs for this. > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] 0 %%Page: 1 1 > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] 0 %%Page: 1 1 > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] pw = 559.0, pl = 813.2 > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageLeft = 18.0, PageRight = 577.0 > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageTop = 827.6, PageBottom = 14.4 > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 842.0 > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No > such file or directory Looks like this is what you need to track down. Good luck. -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
