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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: Connecting to printer connected to another computer.
Well..... hplip.sourceforge.ne <http://hplip.sourceforge.net/>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 <
>>>>> > 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 <
>>>>>>> > 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). But it will not print.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> # ps -ef }grep cups
>>>>>>>> # netstat -antp | grep 631
>>>>>>>> # lpstat -p
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See the full list of options:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/using-a-cups-printer-from-command-line/
>>>>>>>>
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