well I googled for the recommended driver but the install fails saying:
error: 'make' command failed with status code 2
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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