Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
HP printer not finding PPD...
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

 
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Other Things Gentoo
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
The_Great_Sephiroth
Veteran
Veteran


Joined: 03 Oct 2014
Posts: 1602
Location: Fayetteville, NC, USA

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:41 pm    Post subject: HP printer not finding PPD... Reply with quote

I have three HP OJ Pro 8720 printers on a print server. Scanning already works. I am attempting to set them up with CUPS to print. I build HPLIP with the "static-ppds" USE flag since the first time I ran it, it told me it didn't find a compatible PPD. Now the PPD exists in /usr/share/ppd/HP/hp-officejet_pro_8720.ppd.gz, but hp-setup still says it cannot find it. I tried to specify the file manually and hp-setup crashed.
Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hp-setup", line 560, in <module>
    desc = nickname_pat.search(nickname).group(1)
TypeError: can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like object

So how do I get this working? The goal is shared printing and scanning for all office employees. One will also be on a phone line and used to send faxes, but that will normally be done at the machine.

*UPDATE*

I made minor progress. I decompressed the PPD to /usr/share/cups/model/HP/hp-officejet_pro_8720.ppd, specified it, and then it crashed when trying to install the printer into CUPS.
Code:

Adding print queue to CUPS:
Device URI: hp:/usb/HP_OfficeJet_Pro_8720?serial=CNxxxxxxxx
Queue name: Left_OJ_8720
PPD file: /usr/share/cups/model/HP/hp-officejet_pro_8720.ppd
Location: Left HP Officejet Pro 8720
Information: Work room
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hp-setup", line 627, in <module>
    utils.sendEvent(EVENT_CUPS_QUEUES_ADDED,print_uri, printer_name)
  File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 2109, in sendEvent
    SystemBus().send_message(msg)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 194, in __new__
    private=private)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 100, in __new__
    bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 122, in __new__
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory


*UPDATE*

I got it. I used "cupsctl --remote-admin" to allow me access to the UI, removed the decompressed file, and added the printers without a single issue. Things are good. I also disabled remote access once I finished.
_________________
Ever picture systemd as what runs "The Borg"?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Other Things Gentoo All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum