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warnec

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 166

hp-setup isn't able to communicate with CUPS

After solving my previous problem:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=85444

I immediately bumped into another one - after starting hp-setup and choosing my printer, its name, and clicking "Next>" I get an error (the same in console and GUI box):

/error:  Printer queue setup failed.  Please restart CUPS and try again.

Of course CUPS is fully working. What's interesting, when I open hplip, there is a window with a few buttons - among them, is "open CUPS Web interface". I did it, and directed me to a site:

http://localhost:631/admin?op=add-printer

Which said:

Administration Error

Error:

   Unknown operation "add-printer"!

Which leads me to a conclusion that hplip is only compatible with CUPS 1.3.x.

[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$ tupac -Qs hplip
extra/hplip 3.9.10-1
     Drivers for HP DeskJet, OfficeJet, Photosmart, Business Inkjet and some
     LaserJet.
[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$

[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$ tupac -Qs cups
extra/cups 1.4.2-1
     The CUPS Printing System - deamon package
extra/cups-pdf 2.5.0-1
     PDF printer for cups
community/cupsddk 1.2.3-2
     CUPSD Development Kit
extra/gtklp 1.2.6-5
     Tools to use and administrate CUPS
community/hal-cups-utils 0.6.13-1
     Cups management via HAL UDIs
extra/libcups 1.4.2-1
     The CUPS Printing System - client libraries and headers
extra/pycups 1.9.46-2
     Python CUPS Bindings
extra/system-config-printer-common 1.1.13-1
     Pygtk CUPS Configuration
[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$

Last edited by warnec (2009-11-24 08:40:36)

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Re: hp-setup isn't able to communicate with CUPS

Why not try to set up your printer from within CUPS completely? I have installed a few HP printers (and am using one myself) and I've always done it with the CUPS interface.

Just http://localhost:631 and CUPS will guide you from there. Make sure you select the hplip driver though and not the driver CUPS offers for your model (if it's available), it's downright crappy. My mom has a Deskjet 2560 and I reconfigured it with the recent usblp debacle, accidentally selected the CUPS driver for it and it did print, but it was unreadable.

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warnec

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 166

Re: hp-setup isn't able to communicate with CUPS

Yup, I did that. I am able to print, but not to scan. Xsane says "No devices found".

PS.: It's propably not the groups problem as it was before, because:

scanner:x:96:warnec

is in my /etc/group.

Last edited by warnec (2009-11-24 08:53:14)