How to install my HP f4580 "All in One" printer?
How to install my HP f4580 "All in One" printer?
Hi everyone.
I' m new. Have recently installed Puppy on my laptop, using a flash drive. It seems to run ok. My only serious problem is I don't know how to install my HP f4580 "All in One" printer.
It came with an installation disk which worked fine with Windows XP, but there is nothing for Linux. How do I install it?
All suggestions welcome.
Mike
I' m new. Have recently installed Puppy on my laptop, using a flash drive. It seems to run ok. My only serious problem is I don't know how to install my HP f4580 "All in One" printer.
It came with an installation disk which worked fine with Windows XP, but there is nothing for Linux. How do I install it?
All suggestions welcome.
Mike
Go here and get the hplip_print-3.12.2.pet. It supports your HP Deskjet F4580.
What Puppy version are you using? Somewhere on its desktop, you should find a control panel that has a printer setup wizard.
Your printer should be auto-detected by the wizard.
What Puppy version are you using? Somewhere on its desktop, you should find a control panel that has a printer setup wizard.
Your printer should be auto-detected by the wizard.
In SETUP" found a CUPS Printer Wizard. In this app was a folder full of printer drivers. In this folder was an HP F4500 series driver which I
added to the installed printers. It prints the testpage fine. Thanks.
I still have two printing problems remaining. Firstly to print the test page I
had to use a cable connection to the printer, can't make it work by wifi.
My other problem is am unable to get it to scan.
Mike.
added to the installed printers. It prints the testpage fine. Thanks.
I still have two printing problems remaining. Firstly to print the test page I
had to use a cable connection to the printer, can't make it work by wifi.
My other problem is am unable to get it to scan.
Mike.
Connect your printer by wifi. Run the CUPS wizard and select Find New Printers. You may need to do this several times before CUPS detects your printer. Then use the same install procedure.mike2000 wrote: can't make it work by wifi.
If CUPS can't find the printer, type this command using the printer's IP address.
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ping aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
Did you install the hplip_scan-3.12.2.pet? What procedure are you using to scan? As a first step, you should connect by USB.My other problem is am unable to get it to scan.
Are you trying to scan by pressing buttons on the scanner's control panel? That doesn't work in Linux. You need to run scanner software. Look in the Graphic menu.
First, have you installed the hplip_scan PET from here?My only remaining problem with the printer is I am unable to get it to scan.
You will also need Peasyscan from here.
As a first step, connect the unit directly by USB and get scanning working.
Then we can look at the additional instructions for using a networked HP scanner with Peasyscan.
I built a Configuration file using the "Config-sample" file in the Peasyscan folder as a model.
Peasyscan found it and puts up a menu, but when "Start" was clicked,
I got an error "invalid argument" and the program halted, but have now got the printer scanning wifi.
Did not understand the program wanted the name I myself had given the
printer/scanner, rather than its model type.
Thanks for the advice. Am certain I would not have managed it on my
own, at least not the wifi bit. This is of course the great problem with
Linux. Lack of support. When I installed it on "Windows" I just had to
run an installation disk and it was all done in 10 minutes.
Mike.
Peasyscan found it and puts up a menu, but when "Start" was clicked,
I got an error "invalid argument" and the program halted, but have now got the printer scanning wifi.
Did not understand the program wanted the name I myself had given the
printer/scanner, rather than its model type.
Thanks for the advice. Am certain I would not have managed it on my
own, at least not the wifi bit. This is of course the great problem with
Linux. Lack of support. When I installed it on "Windows" I just had to
run an installation disk and it was all done in 10 minutes.
Mike.
Last edited by mike2000 on Thu 17 May 2012, 21:50, edited 1 time in total.
I'm trying to install this printer, it's giving me problems. I'm a first time linux user so please go easy on me
I'm running slacko 5.4, downloaded the hplip_print-3.13.4.pet from the other thread, went to localhost:631 in firefox, it detected the printer as a hp F4500 (not a typo, the printer is a f4580 but the computer detects a different type ), I tried to install it as a local printer and browsing to the downloaded pet file, it said it's been installed but it doesn't print a test page. Tried the same thing as a network printer, my firewall is off, same message that it has been installed successfully and it also refuses to print the test page.
Not sure if it's a network printer or not; it's connected with usb to the computer running puppy where I'm trying to install it on, it's connected on wifi with some other windows laptops in the house and it works on those.
I'm running slacko 5.4, downloaded the hplip_print-3.13.4.pet from the other thread, went to localhost:631 in firefox, it detected the printer as a hp F4500 (not a typo, the printer is a f4580 but the computer detects a different type ), I tried to install it as a local printer and browsing to the downloaded pet file, it said it's been installed but it doesn't print a test page. Tried the same thing as a network printer, my firewall is off, same message that it has been installed successfully and it also refuses to print the test page.
Not sure if it's a network printer or not; it's connected with usb to the computer running puppy where I'm trying to install it on, it's connected on wifi with some other windows laptops in the house and it works on those.
Have you actually installed the PET correctly or did you just download the file? Look in Menu > Setup> Puppy Package Manager to see if it is listed.newpup333 wrote:I'm running slacko 5.4, downloaded the hplip_print-3.13.4.pet from the other thread
1. Download the PET to a temporary location in your computer.
2. Click on the file to install it.
This is not a problem. Your printer is a member of the F4500 family.it detected the printer as a hp F4500 (not a typo, the printer is a f4580 but the computer detects a different type ),
???? If you had installed the PET correctly as above, your F4580 would have appeared at the top of the list of HP printers. There would be no need to browse to find a file. And you certainly wouldn't give it the PET file.I tried to install it as a local printer and browsing to the downloaded pet file,
If the printer is connected to your computer by USB, it's a local printer and CUPS detects it as such.Not sure if it's a network printer or not; it's connected with usb to the computer running puppy where I'm trying to install it on, it's connected on wifi with some other windows laptops in the house and it works on those.
If you unplug the USB, CUPS should still detect it, but as a networked printer.
Go back into CUPS. Open the Printers tab. Delete your printer. Then let CUPS detect it again.
I tried, I located the file and tried to open it but it didn't give me a program to open it with but asked me to browse for the program. Having no idea what program I would need I figured the configuration would do it. After downloading again with firefox I noticed firefox gave me the option to save it or to run it. When choosing run I got a popup saying it was installed, when adding the printer it was the top one of the list Thx!rcrsn51 wrote:Have you actually installed the PET correctly or did you just download the file? Look in Menu > Setup> Puppy Package Manager to see if it is listed.newpup333 wrote:I'm running slacko 5.4, downloaded the hplip_print-3.13.4.pet from the other thread
1. Download the PET to a temporary location in your computer.
2. Click on the file to install it.This is not a problem. Your printer is a member of the F4500 family.it detected the printer as a hp F4500 (not a typo, the printer is a f4580 but the computer detects a different type ),
???? If you had installed the PET correctly as above, your F4580 would have appeared at the top of the list of HP printers. There would be no need to browse to find a file. And you certainly wouldn't give it the PET file.I tried to install it as a local printer and browsing to the downloaded pet file,
I doubt that, the computer is 10 years old and doesn't have wifiIf the printer is connected to your computer by USB, it's a local printer and CUPS detects it as such.Not sure if it's a network printer or not; it's connected with usb to the computer running puppy where I'm trying to install it on, it's connected on wifi with some other windows laptops in the house and it works on those.
If you unplug the USB, CUPS should still detect it, but as a networked printer.
But problem solved, works great now!
Your computer doesn't need wifi to detect a wifi-enabled printer. It doesn't talk directly to the printer through the air - it finds it through your network connection.newpup333 wrote:I doubt that, the computer is 10 years old and doesn't have wifi
I suspect that your original download was corrupted. Or maybe you clicked the wrong "Download" button on the datafilehost..com page.