Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-10 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/11/18 07:26, home user via users wrote: > (responding to Jon LaBadie) > > I searched the CD that came with the printer: "ls -R | grep ppd" and found > nothing. > > My home workstation is actually a dual-boot system. "Files" within Fedora > allows me to access the Windows file system. So I

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-10 Thread home user via users
(responding to Jon LaBadie) I searched the CD that came with the printer: "ls -R | grep ppd" and found nothing. My home workstation is actually a dual-boot system. "Files" within Fedora allows me to access the Windows file system. So I searched the entire Windows file system with "ls -R | gr

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/10/18 11:13, Doug wrote: > I have a number of computers, as well as two printers, at present, and it > drives me > crazy that dynamic ip assignment by the router uses the same address for more > than > one device! What is the make/model of your router supplying dynamic IP addresses?  Ever

dynamic IP assignment (was: Re: need help with printer set-up.)

2018-05-09 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 9 May 2018, Doug sent: > (I have a number of computers, as well as two printers, at present, > and it drives me crazy that dynamic ip assignment by the router uses > the same address for more than one device!) It could be that your router only is able to assign a small numbe

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Doug
On 05/09/2018 10:28 PM, home user via users wrote: I held off on trying what you said because I'm missing some of the info I need to try it. I did successfully delete the the HP printer from cups using the command you gave me. I have about 1140 HP ppd files! The question is which one is the

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Doug
On 05/09/2018 10:04 PM, home user via users wrote: Well, actually, this new printer is an HP Color Laser Jet Pro M180nw, according to its box. The model is "HP ColorLaserJet MFP M178-M181 PCL 6". The HP web site says it's a member of the M180-181 series. Based on your post, I went to direct

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread home user via users
I held off on trying what you said because I'm missing some of the info I need to try it. I did successfully delete the the HP printer from cups using the command you gave me. I have about 1140 HP ppd files! The question is which one is the best one (there is no perfect match). I did a separ

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread home user via users
Well, actually, this new printer is an HP Color Laser Jet Pro M180nw, according to its box. The model is "HP ColorLaserJet MFP M178-M181 PCL 6". The HP web site says it's a member of the M180-181 series. Based on your post, I went to directory "/usr/share/ppd/HP/", did a simple "ls" and looke

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/09/18 23:40, home user via users wrote: > Occasionally, I have wanted to include an attachment (example: a screen > capture) in a posting to this list. But I thought that attachments were > forbidden and discarded! How did you do it? Yes, attachments and html mail are discouraged. http

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 03:15:07PM -, home user via users wrote: > I tried this: > - > bash.4[~]: ls -R /usr/share/cups/ | grep ".ppd" > foomatic-db-ppds For a different manufacturer, the Linux version of their "driver" lacked a ppd file. I downloaded the Windows or Mac driver package, ex

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/09/2018 07:58 AM, home user via users wrote: Here's what I get: - bash.1[~]: lsusb Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:af2a Hewlett-Packard Bus 002 Device 004: ID 047d:1020 Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046a:0010 Cherry GmbH SmartBoard XX44 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Francis . Montagnac
Hi. On Wed, 09 May 2018 15:15:07 - home user via users wrote: > I tried this: > - > bash.4[~]: ls -R /usr/share/cups/ | grep ".ppd" > foomatic-db-ppds > No hp ppd files. I thought hplib would include the needed ppd > files. Apparently not. It does, but under /usr/share/ppd/HP r

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 05/09/2018 08:40 AM, home user via users wrote: > I tried this. I got the same results as reported in my response to Erik. > > side question: > Occasionally, I have wanted to include an attachment (example: a screen > capture) in a posting to this list. But I thought that attachments were

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread home user via users
I tried this. I got the same results as reported in my response to Erik. side question: Occasionally, I have wanted to include an attachment (example: a screen capture) in a posting to this list. But I thought that attachments were forbidden and discarded! How did you do it? ___

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread home user via users
I tried this: - bash.4[~]: ls -R /usr/share/cups/ | grep ".ppd" foomatic-db-ppds Xerox-WorkCentre-6015B-fr.ppd.gz Xerox-WorkCentre-6015B.ppd.gz Xerox-WorkCentre-6015N-fr.ppd.gz Xerox-WorkCentre-6015NI-fr.ppd.gz Xerox-WorkCentre-6015NI.ppd.gz Xerox-WorkCentre-6015N.ppd.gz /usr/share/cups/ppdc: a

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-09 Thread home user via users
Here's what I get: - bash.1[~]: lsusb Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:af2a Hewlett-Packard Bus 002 Device 004: ID 047d:1020 Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046a:0010 Cherry GmbH SmartBoard XX44 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 0

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-08 Thread Terry Polzin
On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Doug wrote: > > On 05/08/2018 02:57 PM, home user via users wrote: > >> I bought a new hp laser jet pro mfp m180nw. This morning, I installed: >> * hplip-gui >> * hplip >> and all their dependencies. “dnf upgrade” shows they and cups are >> up-to-date. >> >> As r

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-08 Thread Doug
On 05/08/2018 02:57 PM, home user via users wrote: I bought a new hp laser jet pro mfp m180nw. This morning, I installed: * hplip-gui * hplip and all their dependencies. “dnf upgrade” shows they and cups are up-to-date. As root, I used cups to try to install my new printer (HP LaserJet Pro MF

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-08 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/08/2018 01:12 PM, home user via users wrote: Yes. I got another GUI. In that GUI, I selected as a “Connection (I/O) Type” the USB option. As advanced options, the search term field was blank, and the type was set to “All devices/printers”. I clicked “Next >”. It says “No devices foun

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-08 Thread home user via users
Yes. I got another GUI. In that GUI, I selected as a “Connection (I/O) Type” the USB option. As advanced options, the search term field was blank, and the type was set to “All devices/printers”. I clicked “Next >”. It says “No devices found.”. ___

Re: need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-08 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On 2018-05-08 at 18:57:09 home user via users wrote: > I bought a new hp laser jet pro mfp m180nw. This morning, I installed: > * hplip-gui > * hplip > and all their dependencies. “dnf upgrade” shows they and cups are up-to-date. > > As root, I used cups to try to install my new printer (HP Las

need help with printer set-up.

2018-05-08 Thread home user via users
I bought a new hp laser jet pro mfp m180nw. This morning, I installed: * hplip-gui * hplip and all their dependencies. “dnf upgrade” shows they and cups are up-to-date. As root, I used cups to try to install my new printer (HP LaserJet Pro MFP M180nw). The printer was already powered on and co