well, that didn't work..... it wouldn't "discover" the printer.
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <lisakachold@obnosis.com>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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <lisakachold@obnosis.com>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 <bmike1@gmail.com>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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com>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 <bmike1@gmail.com>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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