Hi. I also had problems with HP laserjet 5L and RH 7.2. I solve the problem using cups. KOH
On Sunday 06 January 2002 14:04, you wrote: > On Sunday 06 January 2002 02:15 am, Bob Bomar wrote: > > I just moved from Mandrake to Red Hat, originally coming from FreeBSD, > > and have been impressed. I am haveing a problem with setting up my > > printer. I used printconf and its setup the printer. But when I did a > > test print, nothing came out. I tried to find a log file, but couldnt, > > so i added lf=/var/log/lp-error to the printcap file. I tried some > > random files to print, but nothing came out, I looked at > > /var/log/lp-error, and nothing was there, I also looked in > > /usr/share/printconf/ at those files, found nothing, and looked at > > /var/spool/HP855C and could find anything that helped. I am running > > Red Hat 7.2 with a HP 855C. > > Hi Bob, > > First, just so you know, there is a list specific to 7.2 if you're > interested. > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/enigma-list > > My printer is an Epson Stylus Color 880. The driver included with 7.2 was > broken for these printers. I don't know if it applies to some HP printers > as well. > > Have you applied all the printing updates? printconf*, Omni, foomatic, > and ghostscript all have updates. > > After updating, the following _should_ solve the problem. > > I installed the updates and removed the printer definition I had via > printconf-gui. > Then I did: > rm -rf /var/spool/lpd/* > redefine the printer via printconf-gui > /sbin/service lpd stop > rm -rf /var/cache/foomatic/{pcache,compiled}/* > /usr/sbin/printconf-backend --force-rebuild > /sbin/service lpd start > > Have a look at: > https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/enigma-list/2001-November/002543.html > If you follow that thread, it gives more details. > > Hope that helps, > > -D -- Bruker av Tahitian Noni for helsens skyld. http://hjem.sol.no/altiett/knut_ove_hauge_kuren.htm _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
