Frank Cox wrote: > I power-cycled the printer, unplugged the USB cable, restarted hplip and cups, > and plugged the cable back in. > > When I went back into the CUPS web interface, I saw that the printer was listed > about four times on the initial page under "new printers found". > > I installed it as Device URI: usb://HP/color%20LaserJet%202550%20series > > This prints just fine but the hp-* tools don't recognize it, of course. > > The other lists that specify the hp: CUPS backend (those that actually use > hplip) still won't print. I can, however, run hp-toolbox and view all of the > statistics and whatnot for the printer if this printer-that-won't-print is set > up under CUPS. > > So it appears that I can access all of the functions of this printer by having > it listed twice. Once as a usb: device to actually print with, and once as a > hp: device to view status and clean it and so on. This isn't the greatest > solution, though. > FWIW, I've found the folks over at http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ and its associated mailing list to be very helpful. When I had issues I joined the mailing list, read the FAQ, searched the archives, and then asked my question. The authors answered within a day. Ed -- If elected, Zippy pledges to each and every American, a 55-year-old houseboy...
