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walrus_55
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Joined: 19 Jul 2003
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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 Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:29 am Post subject: [HOWTO] HP LaserJet 1010 - Yes Is does Work! |
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I have herd of many people not being able to get this printer to run under linux but i have and it has been running flawlesly for a week now.
To install printer:
As in the gentoo printing guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml you first need to make sure that the following options are set in you /etc/make.conf file.
| Code: | | Use="cups foomaticdb ppds usb |
and that you have usb printer modules loaded into the kernel or as a module, it will be called usblp (for 2.6 users).
Nest we must emerge cups and foomatic
| Code: | # emerge cups
# emerge foomatic |
Now start up cups:
| Code: | | # /etc/init.d/cupsd start |
Search for available drivers in foomatic's database:
| Code: | | grep HP-LaserJet_1010 /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/* |
The output should show the lj4dith driver and the ljet4 driver.
I use the lj4dith driver with no problems, i haven't tried the ljet4 driver yet.
Next, configure your ppp fie with foomatic
| Code: | | #foomatic-configure -s cups -p HP-LaserJet_1010 -c $printer_device_path -n LaserJet -d lj4dith |
NOTE: Replace $printer_device_path with the path to your printer usually /dev/lp0 or /dev/usb/lp0.
Now you add cups to the default runlevel and restart cups:
| Code: | # rc-update add cupsd default
# /etc/init.d/cupsd restart |
Now go to the cups homepage http://127.0.0.1:631/ and click on manage printer. From here you can configure the settings of the printer and print a test page.
I hope this guide helps some of you. |
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dkure
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Joined: 20 Apr 2004
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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I Know that this thread is a wee bit old but..
Haven't tried this guide yet, just a few quick questions before I do.
I have this printer, and have tried a few guides, yet I still get the | Quote: | | "Unsupported Personality: PCL" |
print out after a while.
I was wondering now that you have had it running for a few months if u have hit any diffuculties? |
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dkure
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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I know this is a double post, but its really a whole another post topic and this thread needs a bump too  .
| Quote: | | NOTE: Replace $printer_device_path with the path to your printer usually /dev/lp0 or /dev/usb/lp0. |
I want to print over a network, so this isnt really a valid option for me :/
do i need this line or can i Just ignore it? |
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agnitio
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Joined: 17 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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I just wanted to say thanks for this howto. I just got the printer for christmas so I hope it'll work allright. Haven't tried it out yet though but it looks promising. The "Unsupported personality"-bug is something I can live with, I don't print that much after all.
About a networked printer. I use a networked printer atm. aswell. I don't really remember how I set it up but instead of "-c file:/dev/lp0" I wrote "-c lpd://$IP/$PORT" I think... something like that anyway. Hope it helps. |
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santaclaws
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Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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Location: Deeper Underground
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:16 am Post subject: |
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I could solve the problem (for me and hopefully it works for you too  ):
I followed to the gentoo guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml#installing_best,
downloaded the following driver for my Laserjet 1012 http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hpijs and put it in /usr/share/cups/model.
After that i did a | Code: | | /etc/init.d/cupsd restart |
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Finally I opened a browser, went to the cups homepage | Code: | | http://127.0.0.1:631/ |
and reconfigurated my printer with the new driver.
The "unsupported personality: pcl" - problem disappeared for me 
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