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helmut

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Registered: 2008-10-10

Posts: 65

printer hp deskjet f4280 not working

I tried to use my hp deskjet f4280 on arch linux, but it does not work.

I have downloaded cups from the repo.

The cups demom is active.

The printer is connected to the usb port.

http://127.0.0.1:631/ enters the cups administration.

Find new printers finds the printer and I added it with the default options.

Print test page does not do anything.

Any ideas or hints. Thanks.

Helmut

Cyrusm

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From: Bozeman, MT

Registered: 2007-11-15

Posts: 1,053

Re: printer hp deskjet f4280 not working

it sounds like you have the wrong driver installed, I had similar symptoms with an epson printer,

what drivers are you using? and try this, it might be what you are looking for

pacman -S  foomatic-db-hpijs

this should contain a driver that will work for your printer.

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helmut

Member

Registered: 2008-10-10

Posts: 65

Re: printer hp deskjet f4280 not working

I have found the problem. There was no hplip installed.

I have downloaded hplip via pacman and now it works fine.

I have not been aware that the driver had been missing, because cups recognized the printer.