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archer42

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Registered: 2011-06-10

Posts: 92

Connecting to Network Printer

Hi, I want to have my Printer (HP OfficeJet Pro 8500A) as the default Printer for my Archlinux machine.
The Officejet is connected to the network over ethernet and has the ip://192.168.178.5

I tried much stuff, hp-setup, cups and so on but no one wants to work...

CUPS:

HP_Officejet_8500 (Angehalten, Aufträge werden akzeptiert, Nicht freigegeben)

   
Beschreibung:    
Ort:    
Treiber:    HP Officejet Pro 8500 a910 hpijs, 3.11.5 (color, 2-sided printing)
Verbindung:    hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A910?zc=HPOccam
Einstellungen:    job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided
Aufträge

Suche in HP_Officejet_8500:   

  
Zeige 1 von 1 aktiven Auftrag.

▼ ID ▼    Name    Benutzer    Größe    Seiten    Status    Kontrolle
HP_Officejet_8500-2     Test Page     root     1k     1     unerledigt seit
Mi 27 Jul 2011 11:06:35 CEST 
"/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed"          

hp-setup finds the printer easily but doesn't reach to print anything (testpage etc.)

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 |
---------------------

warning: One or more print queues already exist for this device: HP_Officejet_8500, Officejet_Pro_8500_A910.

Would you like to install another print queue for this device (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? n

What am I doing wrong?

Regards

litemotiv

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: Connecting to Network Printer

I'm not familiar with network printing, but maybe this line is something to look into?

warning: python-dbus not installed.

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archer42

Member

Registered: 2011-06-10

Posts: 92

Re: Connecting to Network Printer

Hi, have installed dbus-python but still getting error

 hp-testpage
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.
error: Device error (Device not found).

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: Connecting to Network Printer

You say you tried cups, but what did you try?

click: http://localhost:631 and follow steps to add a printer. If your printer isn't found on the network, you can try and search for a .PPD-file for your specific printer and provide the .PPD to the cups-installer.

Last edited by zenlord (2011-07-27 18:32:37)

MoonSwan

Member

From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: Connecting to Network Printer

You say you tried cups, but what did you try?

click: ...If your printer isn't found on the network, you can try and search for a .PPD-file for your specific printer and provide the .PPD to the cups-installer.

This is what I had to do to get my network printer to work properly.  Using the .PPD file was necessary (as was Splix, I have a Samsung printer).  I'd never set up a printer on linux before so if I can do it so can you. 

Leonid.I

Member

From: Aethyr

Registered: 2009-03-22

Posts: 999

Re: Connecting to Network Printer

In the address line enter

socket://your.ip.address:9100

Also, you don't need to use hp-setup, and get rid of dbus-python...

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