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Steffen
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 Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 4:57 pm Post subject: HP DeskJet 710C Parallel Port Printer |
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I'm trying to get my HP DeskJet 710C Printer (connected via parallel port) to work. Although having read through all posts I could find about this topic, I still have no success. 
The following kernel modules are loaded at startup:
- parport
- parport_pc
- lp
The kernel says: | Quote: | parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP(,...)]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling). |
Shouldn't the kernel recognize that it is an HP DeskJet 710C here?
The device /dev/lp0 exists.
I've emerged cups, ghostscript and pnm2ppa. In /etc/pnm2ppa.conf I set version to the value 710.
Then I created a PPD-File for the 710C at http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=pnm2ppa, copied it to /usr/share/cups/model/ and installed the driver via the cups web-interface at localhost:631 by choosing the manufactor "HEWLETT PACKARD" (not HP) and then the driver. Cups says that the printer was created successfully.
But whenever I try to print something with cups or by simply writing 'echo "Test" > /dev/lp0' to console, nothing happens and unfortunately I obviously don't even get an error message that could help me to figure out what is going wrong.
Has anybody an idea? |
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Steffen
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| Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Just wanted to say that I have solved the problem by installing a newer version of the pnm2ppa package!  |
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Decibels
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| Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:49 am Post subject: |
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I have a DeskJet 722C and I believe it uses the same drivers as yours and you need foomatic and pnm2ppa.
So emerge foomatic and if still don't work I will look at mine closer.
I have parport and parport_pc compiled in the kernel, not sure that it matters on that though. Mainly get the foomatic. |
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Steffen
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| Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Thank you, but as I've already said the new pnm2ppa version solved my problem!  |
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