Re: USB Printer Setup
Stanley T. Davis wrote:
On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 00:48 -0400, Craig wrote:
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>Stanley T. Davis wrote:
>| I have a HP Deskjet 895C that I have connected with the usb connection
>| instead of the parallel connection. I cannot find what device is
>| pointing to the printer. I know usb is working as I have a usb CF
>| reader attached and it auto mounts when a card is inserted. I know the
>| usb connection works because my Windows partition sees the printer.
>|
>udev will not automate a prompt for printers, you need to go to the menu and
>select Applications/System Settings/Printing. then you will have to enter the
>root password at the prompt and click on the "New" button to start the new
>printer wizard which will/should recognize your printer. you may want to check
>out "linuxprinting.org" to make sure that your printer works, what driver
to
>use, how to configure for best results, etc.
>
>Craig
I just had good results configuring a HP 3550 color laser printer by
downloading the HPLIPS drivers from Sourceforge. They work perfectly
while the HP stuff shipped with Fedora failed to work at all. Includes
a tool that will scan your USB and Network and report any printers
that it discovers.
No RPMS, but the source builds and installs perfectly under FC3.
John
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I tried the wizard and looked at linuxprinting.org. The wizard did not
see the usb printer only /dev/lp0 and ptal. I tried the instructions on
linuxprinting.org and went through the CUPS wizard but I do not know
what usb device the printer is attached to. How can I find out what
device it is?