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.
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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
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.
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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?
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.
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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?
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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