I jumped the gun. Sorry. I entered that suggested driver and then it asked me for the model of my printer and there it was. But now it is asking me for a username and password for 'CUPS at localhost.localdomain' and it isn't root's password. So what is it; would someone let me know? On Friday 22 December 2006 6:55 pm, Michael Havens wrote: > At local host:631 in the screen 'Device for ' there is a selection > under device which is hp:/par/DESKJET_930C.....' My printer is a 932C. I > was thinking that it automagicly detected it and is suggesting a driver > that might work. Is this the case? If it isn't how do I go about getting > the proper driver? (I went to cups.org and looke through all the Ds > (deskjet) and HPs (hewlett packard)) Strange thing was that not evev the > suggested driver was there. > > Open to suggestions. > > On Friday 22 December 2006 7:43 am, chip33az@netscape.net wrote: > > bmike101@cox.net wrote: > > > Thursday 21 December 2006 4:46 pm, saw the creation of: > > >> From: chip33az@netscape.net > > >> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > >> <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> Cc: > > >> Subject: Re: printer > > >> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:45:12 -0700 > > >> > > >> I don't know. I typically add printers via the CUPS interface ( in > > >> the browser goto localhost:631 ). > > >> > > >> When I added the packages below, I get a long listing of the printers. > > >> Make sure you stop/stop CUPS after adding the packages. > > > > > > I did restart CUPS. It appears that localhost.... and > > > kaddprinterwizard are merely frontends of the same thing because both > > > of them listed the same DESKJET printers as available. Those printers > > > are the 1500, the 1020, 1005, and the 1000. > > > > > > Perhaps I restarted it wrong.... > > > killall cupsd > > > cupsd > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > I would just install all ppd files you see in synaptic. The two that I > > have installed on mine are - foomatic-filters-ppds and hpijs-ppds. I > > also have foomatic-filters and hpijs installed (along with the HPLIP > > since I do scanning with mine). > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss