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Update on HP printers:

@BJF,

Having just checked QPM I note that a pre-compiled 64-bit version of hplip_3.15.7 is available.
If you have already installed lib32gcc1-5.2.1 plus its dependencies it matters not as it may come
in handy for something else.

I would start by:

1. Deleting any printers appearing in Cups.

2. Uninstalling any previous hplip pet that you may have installed.

3. Installing hplip_3.15.7 PLUS ALL IT'S DEPENDENCIES using QPM.

4. Power off PC, then turn on (connected) printer.

5. Power up and search for/add printer in Cups.

Good luck, this seems like your best chance.

Etp, et al,

Success! My dependencies looked a little different to yours and there were 15 of them, which put them off the bottom of the visible screen so that my 'Install' button wasn't accessible.Faffing with the alternative resolutions available on the monitor and hiding the Taskbar didn't resolve that, so I picked off and installed the Python dependencies one by one until the top edge of the 'Install' button became visible and went for it.
Having then installed my printer on the Werewolf thumb I was able to print a test page immediately and will now set about discovery on the laptops about the place that use the server and testing that it all works.

Thanks.

Hi, BJF.

There's an easier way to move an 'awkward' window, y'know. Just place your cursor anywhere in the window in question, press 'Alt' and hold, then left-click and hold. A 'four-way' arrow should now appear, and you can move the window around until whatever you want to access becomes visible.

This, as far as I can make out, is a standard feature of Linux.

Hope that helps in future.


Mike.

I have built a 64bit PET for HPLIP. See the Update note at the end of the main post.

I tried to set up an HP color laser CP1025nw. I am using Fatdog64 702 with kernel 4.4.3.

I first installed the foo2xxx package (from the fatdog64 600 repo, dated April, 2014).
the 64bit CUPS was enabled by default.

In either direct connect with USB or over a wifi network, CUPS found the printer without problem. I then chose the printer name with the foo2xxx driver. Printer setup without problem. However, nothing comes out when I try to print a test page, although CUPS said that the job has been completed, in both USB direct connect and wifi network cases.

Installing to Fatdog64 701(no kernel update) on another laptop faced exactly the same situation.

I tried to install the same printer as network printer on a Precise 5.7.1 desktop and a Lupu 5.2.8 laptop. Both are successful.

Could the foo2xxx package not compatible with fatdog64 701/702?

Any help or suggestion is most appreciate.

Look in /usr/lib64/cups/filter. Is there a broken link named foomatic-rip that points to the missing /usr/bin/foomatic-rip?

Install the attached PET. [Edit] Deleted.

Dear rcrsn51,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

The situation still persists.

I checked the link in /usr/lib64/cups. It is intact and points correctly to /usr/bin. In fact I checked every folder in /usr/lib64/cups and there is no broken links. I installed your pet anyway and rebooted.

I deleted all the old installations. Then try direct connect with the USB first. The printer is found and installed using the HP laserjet Pro CP1025nw Foomatic/foo2zjs.z3 diriver. Nothing comes through on printing test page nor from a test printing from geany.

Next I check the wifi connection. I was able to log onto the printer status page with its static ip. I then install it in CUPS. Again, CUPS located it without problem. Again, nothing comes through on printing test page after finishing installation.

I tried reboot and test print again. No good.

By the way, an USB install of an HP laserjet 1200 (not with the foo2xxx driver) is successful.

The foo2xxx driver uses Ghostscript. Fatdog700 doesn't have it. You need to install it from the Fatdog repo.

That is it. I installed Ghostscript and printing is perfect now.

Thank you so much rcrsn51.

I must have overlooked this bit of instruction in fatdog64's directions on installing printer.

Hey, rcrsn51 -- I've been tasked with testing an HP Laserjet of my father's. (It's probably on its way out the door.)

Model is CP1525nw. It's a color model. I can't seem to find a compatible driver, though, in either HPLIP or with the 'foo' package -- maybe you know something I don't...?

1. This driver needs Python. Some Puppies, like Tahrpup, already have basic Python. Otherwise, get it here. Click the small green DOWNLOAD box.

2. Install the http://www.mediafire.com/download/pmwdm ... 3.16.5.pet.

3. Install the http://www.mediafire.com/download/2uw6a ... 3.16.5.pet.

4. Extract and copy the attached PPD file to /usr/share/cups/model.

5. Run the CUPS wizard. Your printer will be listed as an HP Laserjet CP1520 Series Postscript.

Worked perfectly, thanks!

For the record (and sorry for not mentioning this before) -- X-Tahr 1b3, based on TahrPup 6.0.2. I had the needed Python already -- which is cool.

Excellent. This printer is Postscript-capable, which is why it didn't appear in the hplip_print or foo2xxx driver packages.

Ordinarily, Postscript printers should be easy - they just need a PPD file and no extra driver software. But HP uses a special CUPS filter for its Postscript printers which depends on a bunch of Python stuff.

Go figure

I do not like HP. HP ink is deliberately overly expensive. Epson changes the firmware in their chipped cartridges every so often (!) to try and stop generics from existing (it doesn't work). Older Canons have properly-priced ink (at least partially because they don't stuff the printhead into the cartridge) and are phenomenally reliable -- but support for Linux is at best questionable due to corporate politics. I guess you can't have everything...


Source

Hi rcrsn51,

I have access to an HP LaserJet Pro 400 color MFP M475dn at work over the network and according to http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/mo ... 475dn.html it needs a plugin.

I tried today to connect to it from Tahrpup 6.0.5, but was not successful. I had downloaded hplip from the PPM, which I think is from a Ubuntu source. I can try using your PET.

Let me know what you want to test and I will try to help.

Thanks for replying. I have successfully used the plugin (both print and scan) with a mono Laserjet MFP. But your model is not listed in the database from openprinting.org that supplies the Linux plugin mechanism. I don't know if this will work for you.

Your M475dn is a Postscript printer, so use the install procedure here. You will need the PPD file attached below.

Run the CUPS install wizard. Your printer will be identified as an HP LJ 300-400 MFP M375-M475 Postscript, at the end of the Laserjet section.

I suspect that the plugin is just required for the scanner component, or maybe the fax. If you want to try networked scanning, read about PeasyScan and install the plugin PET attached below.

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Hi rcrsn51,

thanks for the advise. I can only test after the weekend and will then let you know if successful or not. Already downloaded the required pets.

Have a nice weekend.

I installed the pets according to the instruction and copied the ppd. Printing over the network worked as soon as I disabled the firewall.

Scanning also works fine over the network, once setup the config file for PeasyScan.

Thanks a lot for the advise and the pets provided.

MagicZaurus wrote:Scanning also works fine over the network, once setup the config file for PeasyScan.

Thanks for confirming this. Is this with or without the plugin PET?

MagicZaurus wrote:
Scanning also works fine over the network, once setup the config file for PeasyScan.

Thanks for confirming this. Is this with or without the plugin PET?

I have the plugin pet installed. I didn't try without it. But if it is useful for you, I can uninstall the pet tomorrow and try again.