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archer42

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Registered: 2011-06-10

Posts: 92

Printing over network printer (HP Officejet 8500)

Hi,
I have a HP Officejet 8500A which is connected over ethernet to our intranet.

I now would like to know how I now can use this printer, I think the printer self is based on linux and gets properly supported by hplip and/or foomatic but I don't now how to react by an network printer

Regards

SS4

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From: !Rochford, Essex

Registered: 2010-12-05

Posts: 699

Re: Printing over network printer (HP Officejet 8500)

hp-setup (part of hplip) gives you the choice to install over the network (hp-setup -i for the ncurses setup)

You can run it as user providing you're in the sys group

# gpasswd -a USER sys

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archer42

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Registered: 2011-06-10

Posts: 92

Re: Printing over network printer (HP Officejet 8500)

Thanks for the quick answer

I done this with hp-setup as you told. It finds the Printer and it's PPDs but it breaks up with an error at the end

hp-setup -i
warning: python-dbus not installed.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.5)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.)

--------------------------------
| SELECT CONNECTION (I/O) TYPE |
--------------------------------

  Num       Connection  Description                                               
            Type                                                                 
  --------  ----------  ----------------------------------------------------------
  0*        usb         Universal Serial Bus (USB)                               
  1         net         Network/Ethernet/Wireless (direct connection or JetDirect)
  2         par         Parallel Port (LPT:)                                     

Enter number 0...2 for connection type (q=quit, enter=usb*) ? 1

Using connection type: net

Using device: hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A910?zc=HPOccam

Setting up device: hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A910?zc=HPOccam

---------------------
| PRINT QUEUE SETUP |
---------------------

Please enter a name for this print queue (m=use model name:'Officejet_Pro_8500_A910'*, q=quit) ?m
Using queue name: Officejet_Pro_8500_A910
Locating PPD file... Please wait.

Found PPD file: drv:///hp/hpijs.drv/hp-officejet_pro_8500_a910-hpijs.ppd
Enter a location description for this printer (q=quit) ?
Enter additonal information or notes for this printer (q=quit) ?

Adding print queue to CUPS:
Device URI: hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A910?zc=HPOccam
Queue name: Officejet_Pro_8500_A910
PPD file: drv:///hp/hpijs.drv/hp-officejet_pro_8500_a910-hpijs.ppd
Location:
Information:

---------------------
| PRINTER TEST PAGE |
---------------------

Would you like to print a test page (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y
warning: python-dbus not installed.
warning: hp-testpage should not be run as root/superuser.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.5)
Testpage Print Utility ver. 6.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed.
error: hp-testpage -u/--gui requires Qt4 GUI support. Entering interactive mode.
No log handling enabled - using stderr logging
Created directory: /var/net-snmp
Created directory: /var/net-snmp/mib_indexes
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A910?zc=HPOccam
error: Unable to print to printer. Please check device and try again.

note: If an error occured, or the test page failed to print, refer to the HPLIP website
note: at: http://hplip.sourceforge.net for troubleshooting and support.

Done.

StenM

Member

Registered: 2011-07-03

Posts: 33

Re: Printing over network printer (HP Officejet 8500)

I use different HP net printer, but to make it works I did this:

- I set up a new group... , see post 9 (ThomasR) at:
   https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=35567

- I have KDE, so I installed "kdeadmin-system-config-printer-kde"
   
- get output form:  hp-makeuri "IP address"
  -> hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_...?ip=...

- I used the output in GUI "System Settings - Printer Configuration - New Network Print - uri: hp:/..."

S-

dobedo

Member

From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-10-04

Posts: 113

Re: Printing over network printer (HP Officejet 8500)

For my wireless HP printer, I always had problems with installation via hp-setup.
Simple install via CUPS (localhost:631) works perfectly.