Hello, Fedora users!
Does this problem remind you of anything?
In one of the Fedora 7 systems I administer, I've seen something very strange with a new HP 1018 laser printer. We plug in the USB connector, and dmesg output indicates the system sees the device. In both system-config-printer and also in the CUPS configurator in the browser, we see 3 lines showing the same printer. One refers to an HP printer found by HAL, one refers to an HP printer on hpijs protocol, the other refers to a USB device. I don't know why 3, but that is par for the course. I see it with all CUPS HP printers, I think.
There is no HP1018 laser jet device driver in the HP list, but there is 1015, which experience leads me to believe is close enough.
Here's the weird part. I configure the HP printer--using any of the 3 types that show as options ,and send jobs to the printer, and as far as CUPS is concerned, they print. But there's no output from the printer. In KDE, I've started the printer monitor, and I can see the jobs pop up onto the print que, and they disappear. But they never come out of the printer.
As I write this, I'm having a faint memory of something like this on another HP printer. I think it was an HP1200 on which one lighted button would flash but nothing would print until the button was pressed. But I don't think I ever got to the bottom of that problem.
Do you suppose my best hope is to find the PPD file that the HP windows driver supplies, and install that instead of choosing from the list?
Paul Johnson wrote:
Hello, Fedora users!
Does this problem remind you of anything?
In one of the Fedora 7 systems I administer, I've seen something very strange with a new HP 1018 laser printer. We plug in the USB connector, and dmesg output indicates the system sees the device. In both system-config-printer and also in the CUPS configurator in the browser, we see 3 lines showing the same printer. One refers to an HP printer found by HAL, one refers to an HP printer on hpijs protocol, the other refers to a USB device. I don't know why 3, but that is par for the course. I see it with all CUPS HP printers, I think.
There is no HP1018 laser jet device driver in the HP list, but there is 1015, which experience leads me to believe is close enough.
Here's the weird part. I configure the HP printer--using any of the 3 types that show as options ,and send jobs to the printer, and as far as CUPS is concerned, they print. But there's no output from the printer. In KDE, I've started the printer monitor, and I can see the jobs pop up onto the print que, and they disappear. But they never come out of the printer.
As I write this, I'm having a faint memory of something like this on another HP printer. I think it was an HP1200 on which one lighted button would flash but nothing would print until the button was pressed. But I don't think I ever got to the bottom of that problem.
Do you suppose my best hope is to find the PPD file that the HP windows driver supplies, and install that instead of choosing from the list?
I have that printer and it works very well for me. You need to use the foo2zjs driver (http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/). Make sure to download from the website, not from the repos (website says packaged/repo versions are broken)
On Jan 30, 2008 12:30 AM, Konstantin Svist fry.kun@gmail.com wrote:
Paul Johnson wrote:
Hello, Fedora users!
Does this problem remind you of anything?
In one of the Fedora 7 systems I administer, I've seen something very strange with a new HP 1018 laser printer. We plug in the USB connector, and dmesg output indicates the system sees the device. In both system-config-printer and also in the CUPS configurator in the browser, we see 3 lines showing the same printer. One refers to an HP printer found by HAL, one refers to an HP printer on hpijs protocol, the other refers to a USB device. I don't know why 3, but that is par for the course. I see it with all CUPS HP printers, I think.
I have that printer and it works very well for me. You need to use the foo2zjs driver (http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/). Make sure to download from the website, not from the repos (website says packaged/repo versions are broken)
Thanks. I think that is the right approach.
Do you (anybody) agree that it is a pretty bad bug in CUPS that it does not report any trouble with this printer? It thinks jobs are printing, but they don't. Other times, when the driver is wrong, the jobs pile up in the print que and errors show in the CUPS configuration tool.
pj
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Jan 30, 2008 12:30 AM, Konstantin Svist fry.kun@gmail.com wrote:
Paul Johnson wrote:
Hello, Fedora users!
Does this problem remind you of anything?
In one of the Fedora 7 systems I administer, I've seen something very strange with a new HP 1018 laser printer. We plug in the USB connector, and dmesg output indicates the system sees the device. In both system-config-printer and also in the CUPS configurator in the browser, we see 3 lines showing the same printer. One refers to an HP printer found by HAL, one refers to an HP printer on hpijs protocol, the other refers to a USB device. I don't know why 3, but that is par for the course. I see it with all CUPS HP printers, I think.
I have that printer and it works very well for me. You need to use the foo2zjs driver (http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/). Make sure to download from the website, not from the repos (website says packaged/repo versions are broken)
Thanks. I think that is the right approach.
Do you (anybody) agree that it is a pretty bad bug in CUPS that it does not report any trouble with this printer? It thinks jobs are printing, but they don't. Other times, when the driver is wrong, the jobs pile up in the print que and errors show in the CUPS configuration tool.
I would not assume it's a CUPS problem at all.
I would hie myself off to http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ and look for the latest software.
The folk there are pretty helpful.
Paul Johnson wrote:
Do you (anybody) agree that it is a pretty bad bug in CUPS that it does not report any trouble with this printer? It thinks jobs are printing, but they don't. Other times, when the driver is wrong, the jobs pile up in the print que and errors show in the CUPS configuration tool.
pj
Its a bug, but it is hard to say if it is a CUPS bug, or a bug in the print driver. If the driver does does not generate an error, then CUPS has no way to know the print job didn't print normally. If the driver does not report back at all, then CUPS does not know if it is still printing, or what. I guess it could generate a timeout error in that case. (But I have one printer that when you are using manual feed will wait forever for you to push the button that tells it you have loaded the paper.) If the driver returns normally, then as far as CUPS know, everything printed fine.
Of course, if it is a CUPS drive, then it is still a CUPS problem, but if it is a third party driver, then it is not really a CUPS problem.
Mikkel
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 22:30 -0800, Konstantin Svist wrote:
Paul Johnson wrote:
Hello, Fedora users!
Does this problem remind you of anything?
In one of the Fedora 7 systems I administer, I've seen something
very
strange with a new HP 1018 laser printer. We plug in the USB connector, and dmesg output indicates the system sees the device.
In
both system-config-printer and also in the CUPS configurator in the browser, we see 3 lines showing the same printer. One refers to an
HP
printer found by HAL, one refers to an HP printer on hpijs protocol, the other refers to a USB device. I don't know why 3, but that is par for the course. I see it with all CUPS HP printers, I think.
There is no HP1018 laser jet device driver in the HP list, but there is 1015, which experience leads me to believe is close enough
Look here for a 1018 printer driver:
http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/ -- ======================================================================= His mind is like a steel trap: full of mice. -- Foghorn Leghorn ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@sbcglobal.net
Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 22:30 -0800, Konstantin Svist wrote:
Paul Johnson wrote:
Hello, Fedora users!
Does this problem remind you of anything?
In one of the Fedora 7 systems I administer, I've seen something
very
strange with a new HP 1018 laser printer. We plug in the USB connector, and dmesg output indicates the system sees the device.
In
both system-config-printer and also in the CUPS configurator in the browser, we see 3 lines showing the same printer. One refers to an
HP
printer found by HAL, one refers to an HP printer on hpijs protocol, the other refers to a USB device. I don't know why 3, but that is par for the course. I see it with all CUPS HP printers, I think.
There is no HP1018 laser jet device driver in the HP list, but there is 1015, which experience leads me to believe is close enough
Look here for a 1018 printer driver:
http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/
======================================================================= His mind is like a steel trap: full of mice. -- Foghorn Leghorn ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@sbcglobal.net
You may also give a try to HPLIP. I installed it in FC6 for a HP 1020 and it is working great. Important to note that HPLIP gives you the same tools they give Windows boxes. ;-)
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