On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 10:10 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Since updates yesterday including the latest kernel my printer is off > line,I have tried the following without success > > [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo /usr/share/hplip/setup > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a) > Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 4.5 > > Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > > error: hplip-gui not installed. GUI not available. Exiting. > error: PyQt init failed. Reverting to interactive mode. > error: No devices found. > error: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting. > > [david@reddwarf ~]$ /usr/share/hplip/probe > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a) > Printer Discovery Utility ver. 3.2 > > Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > > warning: No devices found on the 'usb' bus. If this isn't the result you > are expecting, > warning: check to make sure your devices are properly connected and > powered on. > > Restarting "service hplip restart" worked but 'print screen' gives me > nothing. > > What do I need to do now please > does the > Thanks david > I need an explanation of off-line. What does the cups web pages say about the printer? Does it indicate that you can start the printer? If it does then start the printer. That worked for me. -- ======================================================================= May those that love us love us; and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if he doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
