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Hagar
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| myhan wrote: | hi all, thanks for this great howto, in about 1 hour i got my PSC1600 working perfectly... the only problem is: why doesn't the scanner work??? i can use hp-toolbox fine, i get everything displayed correctly, if i type in | Code: | | # sane-find-scanner -q |
i get | Code: | | found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x4811 [PSC 1600 series]) at libusb:004:004 |
but when i use the command i get | Code: | No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). |
how is this possible? before it didn't show up the vendor and product names (just vendor=0x03f0, product=0x4811) but after that i edited /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and added a "hpaio" line, after that it did show up those names but was still unable to find the scanner with scanimage -L. what could be the issue? thanks in advance... |
Make sure the hostname "localhost" points to 127.0.0.1
hplip only binds to 127.0.0.1 !
If you've messed up your /etc/hosts and localhost returns some other IP it will not work. |
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jtp755
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maybe im missing something but hp-toolbox doesnt exist on my system...i just installed everything
cups 1.2.6
hplip 0.9.7-r3
all cli commands work fine along with printing and all...just hp-toolbox isnt there..any ideas?
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| jtp755 wrote: | maybe im missing something but hp-toolbox doesnt exist on my system...i just installed everything ...
all cli commands work fine along with printing and all...just hp-toolbox isnt there..any ideas? |
Check your USE flags for hplip, hp-toolbox needs X and qt3 set.
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cferthorney
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Brilliant guide thanks!
Any warnings about LSB missing can be ignored. I ignored them did
and all was well 
hp-toolbox is exceptionally powerful - and it works unlike that naff HP Director thing on Windozes! (Sorry I know I shouldn't swear in case children are about  )
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:36 am Post subject: CUPS hang on first step of "Add Printer" |
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Wanted to add a tip here for the archives. If you originally tried adding a printer via cups and had it hang after the first step (naming and location) and then tried adding it to cups via hp-setup and got a "foomatic-rip" error when trying a test page print. Delete the printer from cups and try this:
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# chmod -x /usr/libexec/cups/backend/bluetooth
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This stopped cups from hanging after the first step and allowed me to finish the process via cups. After that, everything went buttery smooth.
I avoided Linux printer setup for the longest time because of tales of frustration.
I am so excited to be able to print and scan via a networked device! |
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Holysword
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Hi there
I am not sure, but it seems that you can use hp-toolbox only when CUPS configured the printer via hp:// protocol. My personal problem is that my printer is in a (local) print server, so it uses lpd:// protocol instead...
Any way to make hp-toolbox recognize something under lpd protocol? ><"
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Havin_it
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| Holysword wrote: | Hi there
I am not sure, but it seems that you can use hp-toolbox only when CUPS configured the printer via hp:// protocol. My personal problem is that my printer is in a (local) print server, so it uses lpd:// protocol instead...
Any way to make hp-toolbox recognize something under lpd protocol? ><" |
Yeah, I think that would only work for one of HP's own JetDirect servers (which themselves are quite old I guess, I think commodity printers with built-in Ethernet/Wifi became the norm back when hplip was still hpoj). If it's worth the expense to you, you could always get a SheevaPlug (or an NSLU2 if you can locate one) and install a mini Linux on that, where you could install hplip and sshd and then use hp-toolbox via X forwarding. Or if you are a super ninja hardware hacker (or know one), maybe you can do all that with the server you have |
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Holysword
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| Havin_it wrote: | | Yeah, I think that would only work for one of HP's own JetDirect servers (which themselves are quite old I guess, I think commodity printers with built-in Ethernet/Wifi became the norm back when hplip was still hpoj). If it's worth the expense to you, you could always get a SheevaPlug (or an NSLU2 if you can locate one) and install a mini Linux on that, where you could install hplip and sshd and then use hp-toolbox via X forwarding. Or if you are a super ninja hardware hacker (or know one), maybe you can do all that with the server you have |
Would this "hacking" thing be something like this? (I mean in section "Configuring Print Servers")
If its not, then I don't have a clue xD
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| If your server is one of those models, I guess it will get you IPP support which CUPS would rather you use (further up that page). However it still won't get you HP Toolbox, as that needs to run on the machine that's attached to the printer. |
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Hello,
I am desesperatly looking for the version of hplip I should try :
1/ The stable 2.8.6.b prints honestly but hp-toolbox is buggy desperately looking for PyQt3 when built with Qt4... 
2/ Then up to 3.9.8 they are reported not having the correct definition for A4 page format...
3/ 3.9.12.r1 has a perfectly working hp-toolbox but just cannot print with some musb.c desperatly complaining about an invalid deviceid...
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Havin_it
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| aCOSwt wrote: | Hello,
I am desesperatly looking for the version of hplip I should try :
1/ The stable 2.8.6.b prints honestly but hp-toolbox is buggy desperately looking for PyQt3 when built with Qt4... :?
2/ Then up to 3.9.8 they are reported not having the correct definition for A4 page format...
3/ 3.9.12.r1 has a perfectly working hp-toolbox but just cannot print with some musb.c desperatly complaining about an invalid deveceid... |
Hmm. Whichever one you choose, the behaviour you mention in each case sounds like a bug. It might be worth scouring bugs.gentoo.org to see whether any of these have already been reported. Query "ALL hplip" so you can see any that have already been "resolved", as well as those that are still open ("resolved" often doesn't mean that you can expect it to be fixed without you having to take some steps on your own system).
In choosing which item from your list to approach, the first question would be: Is your overall system set to stable (arch) or testing (~arch)? Personally I'm on testing ~x86 so my choice would be (3).
Whichever one you choose, feel free to give us more information here (full error output etc.) and maybe we can help some. |
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aCOSwt
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Havin_it for answering.
1/ Yes indeed, 1 is a known bug... actually corrected in next versions...
2/ However... next versions up to 3.9.8 carry the problem with A4 page format, another known bug... 
3/ I have not find my way yet about this one. I asked my question on HPLIP's message list. One will see...
The vast majority of questions looking like this I found on google received as an answer the advice to...
... change the usb wire...
I am running amd64 for the overall system. But I was ready to package.keyword ~amd64 for this one.
I think pb 3 linked with the new hpcups driver. Next time, I will re-emerge 3.9.12 with the good old hpijs and -hpcups ! |
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aCOSwt
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Considering a fair amount of HP devices not working after a canonical setup procedure, and this because of several known bugs upstream obviously does not care about...
Here is the last hope procedure for making these devices print :
SYMPTOMS :
- The printer cannot print anything at all or
- The printer starts printing then stops and hangs definitely or
- The printer prints the first job then hangs definitely
AND
- The printer is impossible to switch off apart from removing the power supply
AND
- In your kernel logs, you can read things such as :
kernel: usb X-Y: device descriptor read/64, error -110 or
kernel: usb X-Y: device descriptor read/64, error -71
or could be others of the kind,
AND
- You are dead sure that your usb connectors and cables are of appropriate quality
EXPLANATION :
The HP driver cannot handle correctly the bidirectional communication.
WORKAROUND
The only workaround found by all those who faced this issue (under Suse, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Mandriva, Debian...) is to :
Enforce unidirectional communication by forcing the device to use the generic CUPS backend and ignore HP backends.
Which will get the following inconveniencies :
- No status reporting from device,
- Device Inaccessible via HP toolbox
- Scanning impossible if device of the all-in-one kind
But... at least... it will print !
HOWTO
1/ Ensure you get CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y/m in your kernel configuration file. (As hpcups no longer requires usblp, you might have disabled it)
2/ Build hplip USE=(hpijs static-ppds -hpcups) other flags adapted to your needs
3/ Ignore hp-setup and configure the printer via the localhost:631 interface
Ensure that you select the usb:// protocol and *not* the hp:/usb one
(You can crosscheck this after configuring under the manage printer tab of the cups interface.)
Well, hope this will be useless for the vast majority of you, hope it will help those in this situation.
Feel free to integrate this in the troubleshooting part of the initial post. |
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schachti
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I've got a problem when trying to send a fax. When running hp-sendfax as an ordinary user, it quits with a segfault. When running hp-sendfax as root, I get the following output:
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Using printer: Officejet_Pro_8500_FAX
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/hp-sendfax", line 202, in <module>
dlg = SendFaxDialog(None, printer_name, device_uri, mod.args)
File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/sendfaxdialog.py", line 121, in __init__
self.initUi()
File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/sendfaxdialog.py", line 142, in initUi
self.initRecipientsPage()
File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/sendfaxdialog.py", line 386, in initRecipientsPage
self.db = fax.FaxAddressBook()
File "/usr/share/hplip/fax/fax.py", line 203, in __init__
self.load()
File "/usr/share/hplip/fax/fax.py", line 206, in load
self._fab = os.path.join(prop.user_dir, "fab.pickle")
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/posixpath.py", line 67, in join
elif path == '' or path.endswith('/'):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'endswith'
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Does anyone has an idea what's going wrong here? Do you need further input? I'm using a HP Officejet Pro 8500, ~amd64 system, net-print/hplip-3.10.2.
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| Quote: | HOWTO
1/ Ensure you get CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y/m in your kernel configuration file. (As hpcups no longer requires usblp, you might have disabled it)
2/ Build hplip USE=(hpijs static-ppds -hpcups) other flags adapted to your needs
3/ Ignore hp-setup and configure the printer via the localhost:631 interface
Ensure that you select the usb:// protocol and *not* the hp:/usb one |
i have read several other threads on this forum insisting USB_PRINTER should be disabled in kernel. why do you have it enabled?
i dont see a usb:// otpion , this is the only option with HP Deskjet in its name: | Code: | | hp:/usb/Deskjet_6980_series?serial=MY85F2R05204YX |
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aCOSwt
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| h2sammo wrote: | | i have read several other threads on this forum insisting USB_PRINTER should be disabled in kernel. |
You *are* right h2sammo and the threads you read *are* right.
As long as...
Everything works properly with hpcups !
The HOWTO you quote is for those who just cannot make their printer work with hpcups because hpcups cannot handle properly the bidirectionnal communication.
In this paticular case, they must forget hpcups, fall back on hpijs.
And hpijs *does* require usblp !
Hence CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y/m |
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