On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:02:36PM -0500, Steven W. Orr wrote: > On Thursday, Nov 20th 2008 at 19:21 -0000, quoth Dave Feustel: > > =>On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 04:58:06PM -0700, Phil Meyer wrote: > =>> Dave Feustel wrote: > =>>> I just added my hp2100 laserjet printer to f9. I then tried to print a > =>>> small test file. I get no output (the job is queued tho) plus a warning > =>>> message that the printer may not be connected. > =>>> > =>>> Do I need to do something else to get the cups system enabled? > =>>> > =>>> Thanks. > =>>> > =>>> > =>> > =>> Most HP printers want hplip. Check your /var/log/messages for an error > =>> message about a 'back-end'. > =>> > =>> # yum install hplip hplip-gui hplip-libs > => > =>hplip - already installed > =>hplip-gui - installed by yum > =>hplip-libs - not found by yum > => > =>> Afterward, your print job should just happen. > => > =>Unfortunately, with 3 jobs queued, printer remains quiescent. > =>printer is connected to parallel port and was recognised by > =>printer config. > => > =>> Modern USB printers > =>> usually need no config at all for CPUS to see it and work. Just plug it > =>> in and it should show up in printing dialogs. > =>> > =>> Good Luck! > > Same here. There is no hplip-libs package. > > Also, if I run hp-check -r, it complains that I don't have cups-ddk but I > do have cupsddk. > > Should this be reported? There are quite a few reports of the "not connected" problem found by Google for a variety of operating systems using CUPS.. Is there a simple way to test the printer directly (eg bypassing the entire CUPS / LPD system )? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
