On 05/26/2012 11:01 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Somebody didn't need this printer, I grabbed it, and plugged it in. > > Fedora recognized it, and installed a Foomatic driver for it. > > When I attempt to print a test page, everything "seems" to work on the software > side. A job shows up in a print queue, for a few seconds, then Fedora tells me that > the job printed succesfully, and the job disappears off the queue. > > But the printer stays absolutely silent. > > I see absolutely nothing useful in /var/log/cups. access_log claims success: > > localhost - root [25/May/2012:22:45:11 -0400] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 24757 > CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok > localhost - - [25/May/2012:22:45:16 -0400] "POST /printers/HP-LaserJet-P1006 > HTTP/1.1" 200 458 Print-Job successful-ok > > Despite what anything says here, the printer just sleeps, doing nothing. It never > shows any indication that it's getting a print job. > > So, where do I go from here? Hate to throw this printer away, but Fedora/CUPS is > refusing to cooperate. > > Maybe a silly question, but do you have the hplip packages installed? I don't have that printer....but when I go to http://localhost:631/ and go through the process to modify my printer one of the select-able models is.... HP LaserJet p1006, hpijs, 3.12.2, requires proprietary plugin (en) Don't know what the plugin may be....but maybe giving that a try? -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
