HantsLUG Mail wrote:
> I am trying ot get an HP printer (HP Photosmart D7160) going with
> CUPS. Initially it wopuld print a test page from CUPS, now it will
> print nothing.
>
> >From the CUPS web interface
> <quote>
>
> HP_Photoprinter <http://localhost:631/printers/HP_Photoprinter>
>
> HP_Photoprinter <http://localhost:631/printers/HP_Photoprinter> HP
> PhotoSmart D7100 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended)
>
>
> <http://localhost:631/printers/HP_Photoprinter> Description:
> Location:
> Printer State: idle, accepting jobs.
> Device URI: canon_usb:/dev/usb/lp0
>
> </quote> (Sorry about the HTML - I don't usually mail from Gmail and
> I am not very skilled at it. :-( )
>
> >From the jobs page
> <quote>
>
>
> Jobs
>
> No Active Jobs
> </quote>
>
> From the completed jobs page:
>
> <quote>
>
>
> Jobs
>
> ID Name User Size State Control
>
>
> HP_Photoprinter <http://localhost:631/printers/HP_Photoprinter>-1
> Test Page root 15k completed at
> Thu 06 Sep 2007 11:30:16 AM BST Restart Job
> <http://localhost:631/jobs/?op=restart-job&job_id=1&job_printer_uri=/printers/HP_Photoprinter>
>
>
> HP_Photoprinter <http://localhost:631/printers/HP_Photoprinter>-2
> Test Page root 15k completed at
> Thu 06 Sep 2007 11:44:07 AM BST Restart Job
> <http://localhost:631/jobs/?op=restart-job&job_id=2&job_printer_uri=/printers/HP_Photoprinter>
>
>
> HP_Photoprinter <http://localhost:631/printers/HP_Photoprinter>-3
> Acro000VaZdYn susan 300k completed at
> Thu 06 Sep 2007 12:09:57 PM BST Restart Job
> <http://localhost:631/jobs/?op=restart-job&job_id=3&job_printer_uri=/printers/HP_Photoprinter>
>
>
> Show Active Jobs <http://localhost:631/jobs>
> </quote>
>
> But there is no output at all from the printer - including a lack of
> error messages.
>
> The printer can print a test page from itself - just ignores the
> computer. I have uninstalled and then reinstalled both CUPS and
> hplip. I have googled. If it were a hardware problem, including a
> cable problem, then I would have expected an error message of some
> kind in CUPS.
>
> I obviously have to test the USB cable. I haven't got a spare USB
> cable here unfortunately. Has anyone any other ideas I can try (before
> driving 5 miles home and coming back - possibly not today - with a
> known good USB cable.)
>
> TIA
> Lisi
>
>
>
If it's an HP printer, the best/easiest way of setting it up is through
hplip (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) - available in most good distros
or from
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/
Peter
