Hey there jakobcornelis,jakobcornelis wrote: .....
that cups_std-1.4b2-i486.pet got my printer going where nothing else would. Mind you, when I reboot it's gone again. I tried to add
modprobe parport
modprobe parport_pc
modprobe lp
chmod 0666 /dev/lp0
.....
Meanwhile, thanks for the reworked cups. That made my day.
jc
I'm glad it works for you ...
About the updated cups 1.4b2 pet, its the one on the first page of this thread. If you have already downloaded and installed it, then it already have the udev fix that I mentioned in the puppy 4.2rc1 thread. You do not have to add the modprobe lines any longer ...
Here's the udev-fix-4-cups pet package that is already included (made into a pet by ttuuxxx) if you're unsure:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... h&id=15762
Should you encounter any printing problems, please look at the error messages on the cups printer page. You should not be getting permission denied errors anymore. If you do, please let me know ...
If printing still seems to be stuck, you may have to do this:
1. open the console terminal
2. type :
chmod 0700 /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
The above will make the parallel backend module runs as root. This should make lpt printer detection/printing smoother. You can also install the same printer more than once by using different drivers. This can be done by giving it a different printer name the next time you add it through cups printer configuration. Using this method, it allows you to find which driver works or gives the result that you wanted.
As for your usb hp3915, I read somewhere that it 'mostly' works with hpijs driver ... your mileage may vary there ... and I've yet to have a printer to test it against ...
There's two cups packages that I've made here ... one is this cups 1.4beta2 and another that I called cups 'retro' 1.3.9 (which actually is the last stable version) ... I myself uses cups 1.3.9 as its more reliable than 1.4b2 for my case (1 usb + 1 lpt printer)...
If you're going to experiment with cups-1.3.9, you will find it somewhere on this sub-forum and it already has the udev patch included. Please only do your experimenting with a fresh and disposable puppy installation (something like a small 32mb save file) ...
I did planned to further solving cups + gutenprint + hplip + hpijs + etc + etc issues earlier ... but I have to defer that plan after realizing the number of man hours needed ... it took me nearly a month (back then) just to understand bits and pieces of cups inner working ...
Even though progress may be slow, I'll see to it that these pesky printing issues gets resolved (someday soon, I hope) ...
Rgds