On Friday 13 March 2009 14:06:10 Roger Wells wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 12 March 2009 15:59:04 Roger Wells wrote: > >> Anne Wilson wrote: > >>> On Thursday 12 March 2009 14:45:27 Roger Wells wrote: > >>>> I actually did install the home printer last night (Photosmart C6180). > >>>> "hp-setup' ran fine, discovered the printer and installed it just as > >>>> it did for the LJ4350 (it didn't find the correct PPD file but...). > >>>> The good news is that even though hp-toolbox won't run the Centos > >>>> Scanner Tool works. > >>>> It discovered the scanner correctly and I was able to operate with it > >>>> as expected. The scanner is also available within appropriate > >>>> applications such as OpenOffice and the Gimp. > >>>> > >>>> So maybe we don't need hp-toolbox so much after all. > >>> > >>> Glad you got it working, Roger. I knew I wouldn't have time to have > >>> another go at this until tomorrow. So did you use the 3.9.2 version? > >>> Anything to report about the actual installation? > >> > >> yes the hplip version is 3.9.2. First I removed the installed version > >> which was 1.6.7, I think. Then I followed the > >> directions at: > >> > >> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/distros/centos.html > >> > >> This went well but the "hp-check" near the end indicated two or three > >> errors that would show up at run-time were > >> present. These are some of what we have been discussing in this thread > >> and are apparently the ones that will prevent > >> "hp-toolbox" from running. They do not apparently affect "hp-setup". > >> . > >> Run hp-setup as root (the only way) and it should find your printers. > >> For each of mine a warning was issued: > >> > >> error: No PPD found for model laserjet_4350. Trying old algorithm... > >> > >> > >> In the case of the C6180 this resulted in all printing going to 4x6 inch > >> pages to a printer that only had photograph > >> page size options. When offered to search for PPD files during > >> installation you can take that route and search > >> in /usr/share/ppd/HP for a more appropriate driver. Why "hp-setup" > >> doesn't find drivers there I don't know. > >> I had to select the one with the ".gz" extension to avoid an error about > >> a missing "foomatic-rip-hplip" something > >> or other. You can apparently do this "PPD" changeover after > >> installation. > > > > Thanks. I hope to get to this later today. > > > >> I did that with the C6180. If it still insists on printing in a 4x6 > >> format I will report back. > >> > >> As I said earlier the Centos 5.2 Scanner Tool seems to work just fine. > > > > I distinctly remember that when I installed hplip on this (Mandriva) > > laptop for the C7180 I also had the 4x6 problem. I found that there were > > three places that could affect it. I think they were CUPS setup, > > KPrinter setup and hplip setup. Two out of three were correct. The > > third said 4x6. I'm not certain, but I think I had to change KPrinter > > defaults. Anyway, that's the line to investigate. It didn't take me too > > long to find it, so I'm sure you will find it too. > > thanks. I installed what appeared to be the correct PPD file > (hp-photosmart_c6100_series-hpijs.ppd) > but now it won't print at all. Still scans though. > roger > Odd. You did make sure that you got the C6100, not the 6100, didn't you? Hmm - did a 'locate 7100' on this laptop, and didn't find a .ppd listed at all. It listed /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-PhotoSmart_C7100.xml This is on my Mandriva laptop, running hplip-2.8.7. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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