How to get HP DeskJet 5550 Printer to work?

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How to get HP DeskJet 5550 Printer to work?

#1 Post by kent41 »

In the printer Wizard it said to use pcl-900 for the driver for hp DeskJet 5550.
Next I went to xpdq printer management and selected add printer and filled in
driver questions (ijs-pcl-900 for hp-5550), interface (local-port), interface device
(/dev/usb/lp0), I have a usb printer. Printer name is "linux"

When I tried to print a TEXT file from geany I got the error message.
/root/.printjobs/001.interface_send: line 6: /dev/usb/lp0: no such device

Then I tried to print a .JPG file from the xpdq and got this message
don't know how to print this type of file:
JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01
Then I tried to print from inklite and it ask me to Select printer
and the options were
1-Create a PDF document
2-Generic Postscript
3-myprinter (via lpr)
which printer do I chose ? and where is my printer named "linux"

Is the solution I need to mount the linux printer if yes what would the command be ?

Thanks for any help
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#2 Post by Ian »

The default printer is set to use lp0 where it should be set as usb.

Go back to the printer wizard and redo it this time using usb then delete the previous steup, don't forget to make the new printer the default printer.
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#3 Post by kent41 »

Ian wrote:The default printer is set to use lp0 where it should be set as usb.

Go back to the printer wizard and redo it this time using usb then delete the previous steup, don't forget to make the new printer the default printer.
Ian

Thanks for the help.

Im confused when I use Xpdq and get to interface options for name of device it say to for USB use " /dev/usb/lp0"

Also if I look in /dev/usb/ it containes lp0 so what am I to change.
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#4 Post by Ian »

OK, when you redo the printer setup try using lp1 and see what happens.
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#5 Post by kent41 »

Ian wrote:OK, when you redo the printer setup try using lp1 and see what happens.
Ian

I tried to print again from geany with lp0 and it printed the first line of the text file but did a carriage return and started printing on the second line in the middle of the line.

I also tried lp1 with no change.

also noticed when I printed from geany it said using /usr/bin/lpr /root/<filename>

I have a canon scanner working with puppy so a printer should not be that difficult do you think?

This same printer works with Ubuntu without problems
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#6 Post by Ian »

In the interface options try selecting "Send EOF", I'm groping in the dark here.
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#7 Post by kent41 »

Ian wrote:In the interface options try selecting "Send EOF", I'm groping in the dark here.
:-)
Ian Thanks for your help

UPDATE:

The EOF is send,

I found that ABIword seems to work and Leafpad seems to work on text.

It looks like Geany still prints in the middle of the page and only 2 lines no more. So I won't use Geany in puppy to print.

However I still need to print .jpg somehow any suggestions ?
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#8 Post by rcrsn51 »

The Puppy printer wizard uses the PDQ printing system. You might want to try CUPS which supports a wider range of printers. www.linuxprinting.org lists a compatible driver for your Deskjet 5500. Check out this thread:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=12208
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#9 Post by WhoDo »

kent41 wrote: However I still need to print .jpg somehow any suggestions ?
Yep. Install The Gimp graphics program. It is a native Linux application that expects to print to a postscript device, so it should work straight away.

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Printing upgraded end of December
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy213

CUPS
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Cups

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#11 Post by kent41 »

Thanks for the reply I can wait for version 2.13
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