On Saturday 12 May 2007, William Case wrote: > Hi; with particular attention to Tim Waugh, > > This was a sub-problem I had with my printer problem a week or two ago. > Tim asked if I would work with him on fixing it. At that time I had got > my printer working and removed the extra (shadow) printer and so > couldn't be of much help. > > The shadow has returned. > > More precisely: psc_1310_series_ > Device URI [hp:/usb/psc_1310_series?serial=CN45PB613FO2] has been added > to my list of printers by HAL, or something, at boot up. > > My originally designated and still existing printer is: > psc-1315 > Device URI [usb://hp/psc%201310%20series?serial=CN45PB613FO2] > marked also as default. When selected in applications this actually > prints things. > > Both printer designations now appear in all my applications. The shadow > appeared after I had stopped and restart hplip, unplugged and plugged in > my printer and rebooted. I was attempting to get hp-toolbox to find my > printer. It did, but used the psc_1310_series_. This printer cannot > print the 'test page'. > > It probably can't print, because as we found out in an earlier exchange > over printer problems, when this shadow printer appears, it is not a > real printer. > And, if I remember correctly, some confusion is being caused by the > trailing '_' in its name. > > So, HP-toolbox gives me info about psc_1310_series_; HAL adds > psc_1310_series_; > but psc-1315 prints stuff. > > I would love to hear how to sort this out. > Can't help there, but I would add that I also have a 'printer' added by HAL, and it can't be used. Annoyingly, it appears at the top of the list of available printers, which has caused more than one problem. Anne
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