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strangechange

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Registered: 2017-03-06

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[solved] getting printer working

I have a HP Officejet 52** printer I want to use in gnome 42.
It did not work out of the box.

So I read some of https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS
I installed cups. I also installed gutenprint and foomatic-db-gutenprint-ppds.
Then I enabled cups.socket and started it.

It is a wireless printer that is connected to the wifi and in gnome -> settings -> printer -> add printer it shows up.
If I click add it says

additional printer driver required

For gutenprint the website says Officejet 520 is supported, not 52**.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Sup … inters.php

HP OfficeJet 520    hp-oj_520

Last edited by strangechange (2022-07-16 17:58:19)

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,677

Re: [solved] getting printer working

Did you read this yet?

Last edited by skunktrader (2022-04-10 00:50:09)

strangechange

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Registered: 2017-03-06

Posts: 41

Re: [solved] getting printer working

I didn't but it told me I need hplip instead of what I installed for my drivers.
So I installed hplip instead.
Still gnome could not add the printer and CUPS did not display it in http://localhost:631/admin
Gnome said "additional printer drivers are required" "printer could not be added"

I set CUPS loglevel to debug

E [10/Apr/2022:02:07:19 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 2956) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:02:07:19 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 2949 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:02:11:54 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4580) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:02:13:12 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4718) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:02:13:49 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4778) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:02:13:49 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 4771 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:17:20 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4007) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:17:47 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4069) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:17:47 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 4063 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:18:47 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4105) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:17 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4158) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:34 +0200] [CGI] Unable to scan \"@LOCAL\"!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:36 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4222) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:36 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 4216 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:38 +0200] [CGI] Unable to scan \"@LOCAL\"!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:42 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4275) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:51 +0200] [CGI] Unable to scan \"@LOCAL\"!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:53 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4337) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:19:53 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 4331 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:20:41 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4507) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:20:48 +0200] [CGI] Unable to scan \"@LOCAL\"!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:20:51 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 4570) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:20:51 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 4564 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:22:19 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 1389) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:22:27 +0200] [CGI] Unable to scan \"@LOCAL\"!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:22:29 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 1454) stopped with status 2!
E [10/Apr/2022:12:22:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 1448 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:15:43 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 6289) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:15:52 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 6355) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:15:52 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 6349 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:18:23 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 7081) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:18:37 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 7147) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:18:37 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 7141 (driverless) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:22:46 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 7401) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:23:13 +0200] [CGI] ippfind (PID 7463) stopped with status 2!
E [11/Apr/2022:17:23:13 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 7457 (driverless) stopped with status 2!

Then I read some of
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS/T … ing_issues

It said to install system-config-printer and starting it. That worked.
Now its listed in CUPS and in gnome and prints and scans. Weird

I did not use the hplip setup from your article though and don't think I should because I don't want the same printer listed 2 times.

$ hp-setup -u

could also have worked.