Hi David, 1. Yes, I leave it plugged in. So when I boot up with WinXP, I can print. And in Fedora, when I try to print (even a text file), the printer does respond, but only by spitting out a page. 2. [root@localhost /]# sbin/lsusb Bus 005 Device 002: ID 03f0:2304 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 656c Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 [root@localhost /]# cd /etc/sysconfig [root@localhost sysconfig]# less hwconf ... includes the following: - class: PRINTER bus: USB detached: 0 driver: unknown desc: "Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 656c" usbclass: 7 usbsubclass: 1 usbprotocol: 2 usbbus: 5 usblevel: 1 usbport: 0 usbdev: 2 vendorId: 03f0 deviceId: 2304 usbmfr: HEWLETT-PACKARD usbprod: DESKJET 656C - Interesting that the driver says 'unknown'? 3. [root@localhost sysconfig]# rpm -qa | grep hp php-4.3.9-3 rhpl-0.148-1 php-mysql-4.3.9-3 hpoj-0.91-9 hpijs-1.6-2 php-pear-4.3.9-3 4. Yes it is configured with 'Printer configuration'. There are 3 queues: deskjet-656c-1; usblp0; usb-printing-interface-1. The usblp0 is selected as default. I try to do a Test ASCII text printout. The printer spits out a blank page, and I'm prompted with the question: "Sent ASCII text test page to 'usblp0' queue. Does it look okay?". I select No and I get the following details: I [04/Jan/2005:23:46:11 +1000] Adding start banner page "none" to job 3. I [04/Jan/2005:23:46:11 +1000] Adding end banner page "none" to job 3. I [04/Jan/2005:23:46:11 +1000] Job 3 queued on 'usblp0' by 'root'. I [04/Jan/2005:23:46:11 +1000] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID 3693) for job 3. I [04/Jan/2005:23:46:11 +1000] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 3694) for job 3. I [04/Jan/2005:23:46:11 +1000] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 3695) for job 3. I [04/Jan/2005:23:46:11 +1000] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 3696) for job 3. Where can I go from here? Thanks for your help. John === Hi, I'll ask the silly questions first: 1) It's plugged in [usb] 2) It shows up in 'lsusb' and 'less /etc/sysconfig/hwconfig' 3) As root [su - password] 'rpm -qa | grep hp' What does it say. 4) It's configured by using 'system-config-printer-gui' as root. Other questions can be asked depending what info you can provide on you problem. Good luck david __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com
