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Why I'm so unlucky?
I have to setup an HP PSC 2355 all-in-one scanner/printer, and I have no success.
First of all I want to make the printer working.
The system is well updated, and so I installed cups, foomatic-db, foomatic-db-hpijs, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-db-ppd and foomatic-filters, as well as ghostscript. Let' say almost everything!
On KDE I'd like to set up step-by-step the printer in the backend http://localhost:631 as root.
Before starting I control if everything is ok with printer (modules side) with lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 03f0:4911 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0025 Microsoft Corp. IntelliEye Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Ok,the printer is there. Now, let me check the kernel modules with: lsmod | grep usb:
usbhid 38048 0
hid 26240 1 usbhid
usb_storage 79296 0
ide_core 112580 1 usb_storage
ff_memless 5256 1 usbhid
usblp 11776 0
usbcore 112264 7 ohci_hcd,usbhid,usb_storage,usblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
Everything seems to be ok. Good. But unfortunately installing the printer as HP PSC 2350 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended), at the Device URI: usb://HP/PSC%202350%20series?serial=MY566F1046KJ as found by
driver... no way to print because of the error:
psc2355 "/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed"
I tried so many time to restart cups, as well as reinstalling filters and drivers... No success
Any idea for me?
Tnx
DP
Last edited by DrPike (2007-09-04 19:53:52)
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cups...gtklp...gnome-printer-manager...try some...
Its a sick world we live in....
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gnome manager in KDE?
Bump :-(
The strange thing is PSC + CUPS work fine with Ubuntu, the other distro I have on the same PC...
This really I don't understand...
DP
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For the HP PSC devices you will need hplip to get it to work.
Simple:
- pacman -S cups hplip ghostscript
- put hplip and cups in DAEMONS in rc.conf (that order!)
- start hplip and cups (same order, again!)
- http://localhost:631
- add your printer
- see how it detects your multifunction device
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Tnx JGC,
I'll try as soon as possible and I'll replay my results!
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YES! This sequence works perfectly with HP PSC 2355 all-in-one:
1) pacman -Sy cups hplip ghostscript
2) pacman -Sy foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-hpijs foomatic-db-ppd foomatic-filters
3) edit as root the file /etc/rc.d and add hplip and cupsd in the DAEMONS entry:
4) start hplip and cupsd daemons by hand:
5) switch on the PSC and check if it's properly detected:
6) Configure the PSC using a browser to open the url http://localhost:631
With CUPS 1.2.x the best results I've got are with the following settings:
Make and Model: HP PSC 2350 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended)
Device URI: hp:/usb/PSC_2350_series?serial=MY566F1046KJ
Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type: Controled by 'Printout Mode'
Hope this should help other PSC2355 users
DrP
Last edited by DrPike (2007-09-04 19:52:59)
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It was probably a good idea to correct JGC instructions if you had to do things in a slightly different way,
or to elaborate the parts that were not clear enough, but there is really no need for pictures :
1) it takes more time for you compared to just copy/pasting commands or output of commands
2) it takes more space
3) it also takes more times for the user since it can't be copy/pasted.
Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate your contribution to the community, especially after seeing several times people saying :
"Thanks, I got it working"
without even saying how they did it.
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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The pictures make my instructions more clear and should give new users a good help to get their printer working. Usually I write very short instructions, because I almost can't imagine users don't know how to setup (arch)linux. It's the same as when people are watching how I fix their computer, they can't follow my mouse movements.
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shining,
I'm working on IT since 15 years. Forums and blogs are magnificent resources for people who need help in making their life easier. The main contributor for this topic is JGC, and my idea was only to add some images for users (there are a lot of them not so skilled you're) without experience in Linux. And yes, this is also in order to avoid the debatable habit of leaving 3ds orphans with phrases like "tnx" and no more details on results.
I had a success and I reported it with care. What is wrong?
Have fun!
DrPike
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