well, that didn't work..... it wouldn't "discover" the printer. On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > Well..... hplip.sourceforge.ne t is > telling me that 'As the version of HPLIP supplied with your operating > system supports your printer, you may continue to use that version of > HPLIP.' So I think to myself that I should d/l the version you want me to > d/l. So I click to d/l and finally come to a screen that has a button, > click to 'Download HPLIP 3.12.6' but not 2.8.7 . I'm going to d/l 3.12.6 > and see what happens. If you think I should do something else let me know. > > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > >> Okay, this looks typical except that you don't have the full networking >> part of the driver. >> >> It's recommended that you download and install the Solution: >> >> Completely remove hplip and hplip-data (also completely removed hpijs, >> foomatic-db-hpijs and hpijs-ppds), >> downloaded hplip-2.8.7.run from hplip.sourceforge.net and ran the >> automatic installer. >> >> Note that there are 7 missing "optional" dependencies which it >> automatically downloaded & installed; two of these were marked as "REQUIRED >> dependency for option 'network'", so attend carefully as you install. >> >> After building, a setup wizard runs which did almost everything by itself >> (but for some reason doesn't find the printer by itself - you will have to >> enter its ip address manually), whereupon it will give you a choice of 2 >> drivers - choose the first one that is listed (not the one called >> 'recommended'). >> >> Printing to this printer now should to work perfectly. >> >> Go into the CUPS "modify printer" process to see what is are now 2 new >> items listed in the "device" drop-down menu that were not there before: >> HP Fax (HPLIP) >> HP Printer (HPLIP) >> >> Also, the device uri that the wizard entered is now: >> hp:/net/Photosmart_C7200_series?ip=[my printer's ip address] >> and the driver it is using isL >> HP Photosmart c7200 series Foomatic/hpijs (en) >> I was trying to use "HP PhotoSmart C7200 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended) >> (en)". Note that the slight differences in upper/lowercase are not >> accidental - compar'; >> driver >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> The other computer is ubuntu. As to the log I am unsure which one you >>> want. Probably /var/log/cups but I am unsure. >>> This is off of the wireless computer: >>> >>> ~$ more /var/log/cups/access_log >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST >>> /printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_s >>> eries_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997 Print-Job successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343 >>> Create-Prin >>> ter-Subscription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> tail /var/log/cups/access_log >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subscription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subscription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST >>> /printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_series_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997 >>> Print-Job successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343 >>> Create-Printer-Subscription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subscription successful-ok >>> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ more /var/log/cups/access_log >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST >>> /printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_s >>> eries_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997 Print-Job successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343 >>> Create-Prin >>> ter-Subscription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ tail /vag/log/cups.1.gz >>> tail: cannot open `/vag/log/cups.1.gz' for reading: No such file or >>> directory >>> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ /var/log/cups/access_log >>> bash: /var/log/cups/access_log: Permission denied >>> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ more /var/log/cups/access_log >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST >>> /printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_s >>> eries_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997 Print-Job successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343 >>> Create-Prin >>> ter-Subscription successful-ok >>> localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185 >>> Renew-Subsc >>> ription successful-ok >>> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: >>> >>>> Okay, so this is a printer shared through another computer, right? >>>> >>>> Youubuntu can see the printer, but it says it's not plugged in. What >>>> is the other computer? >>>> >>>> Can you see logs from the other computer of access attempts. >>>> What is it whining about? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> I deleted the printer yesterday (in an attempt to get it to work) and >>>>> re-detected with no problem. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Michael Havens with >>>>> no wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> but its on.... the computer it is hard wired too prints. There is no >>>>>> cabling.... it is through the wifi. The laptop detected the printer >>>>>> (wirelessly) so why can't it print to it (wirelessly). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Lisa Kachold < >>>>>> lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It says "Unplugged or turned off". >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That means basically it's "unplugged or turned off". Check the >>>>>>> cabling. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> # ps -ef| grep cups >>>>>>>> root 938 1 0 15:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -F >>>>>>>> root 3379 3313 0 16:58 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto >>>>>>>> cups >>>>>>>> # netstat -antp | grep 631 >>>>>>>> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:631 0.0.0.0:* >>>>>>>> LISTEN 938/cupsd >>>>>>>> tcp6 0 0 :::631 :::* >>>>>>>> LISTEN 938/cupsd >>>>>>>> # lpstat -p >>>>>>>> printer HP_Photosmart_C7200_series disabled since Thu 28 Jun 2012 >>>>>>>> 06:03:36 PM MST - >>>>>>>> Unplugged or turned off >>>>>>>> printer HP_Photosmart_C7200_series_Michaels-PC is idle. enabled >>>>>>>> since Fri 29 Jun 2012 01:07:25 AM MST >>>>>>>> printer PDF is idle. enabled since Sat 05 May 2012 12:15:13 PM MST >>>>>>>> printer Photosmart-C7200-series-Fax disabled since Wed 09 May 2012 >>>>>>>> 10:18:09 AM MST - >>>>>>>> Unplugged or turned off >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Lisa Kachold < >>>>>>>> lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Michael, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Here's whats happening: I have a printer connected to the desktop >>>>>>>>>> in my office. That prints fine.... all is good. I have a laptop that used >>>>>>>>>> to print to the printer but ever since the hard driv e crashed and >>>>>>>>>> I re-installed the OS it hasn't. I go to cups and go through the >>>>>>>>>> printer-discovery process (and it does find it). 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