How to Install Your Printer/Scanner in Puppy

Problems and successes with specific brands/models of printers
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#91 Post by rcrsn51 »

iann wrote:my epson t20 won`t print.
What Puppy version are you using? I am assuming that you used the built-in Gutenprint driver for your Epson Stylus T20. Usually, these Gutenprint drivers are reliable. But I found info on an Ubuntu site that new Gutenprint versions are broken with this model and you need one earlier than 5.2.5. If you are still interested, I can post a PET for Gutenprint 5.2.3.

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#92 Post by rcrsn51 »

lwill wrote:I have a HP LaserJet 1000 and have tried several times to get it working with no luck, and I have a tip for others now that I finally had success.
It is used on a laptop that dual boots XP, I had to power it down and back up (unplug) to reset it (no power switch) then it worked.

Is this due to the firmware or what ever the foo2xxx loads not compatible with what is done in XP?
The foo2xxx driver loads the firmware for your Laserjet 1000 through the udev procedure. Look at the file /etc/udev/rules.d/56hplj10xx.rules.

Whenever udev detects the printer being powered up or its USB cable being plugged in, it triggers the firmware download.

I would have thought that as long as the printer was powered up, the firmware installed by XP would still be loaded and the foo2xxx driver would work. If not, Puppy's udev would detect the printer at boot-up and automatically load foo2xxx's firmware.

If neither of those are happening, you can manually load the firmware with this command

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cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1000.dl > /dev/usb/lp0

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#93 Post by jpeps »

rcrsn51 wrote:Look at the file /etc/udev/rules.d/56hplj10xx.rules.
What's that? I don't have it with my laserjet p1102w.

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#94 Post by rcrsn51 »

jpeps wrote:
rcrsn51 wrote:Look at the file /etc/udev/rules.d/56hplj10xx.rules.
What's that? I don't have it with my laserjet p1102w.
What driver package are you using and where did you get it?

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#95 Post by jpeps »

rcrsn51 wrote:
jpeps wrote:
rcrsn51 wrote:Look at the file /etc/udev/rules.d/56hplj10xx.rules.
What's that? I don't have it with my laserjet p1102w.
What driver package are you using and where did you get it?
foo2zjs_2010-11 I forget where I downloaded it from , but I posted it somewhere.

rscn51: know any safe way to eject the usb printer device? Maybe deleting the /dev/usb/lb0 ? I just wiped out a hard drive after unplugging it, so there must be a way.

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#96 Post by rcrsn51 »

jpeps wrote:foo2zjs_2010-11 I forget where I downloaded it from , but I posted it somewhere.
If you built it yourself, then you probably didn't include the optional udev-hotplug-firmware-download stuff.
rscn51: know any safe way to eject the usb printer device? Maybe deleting the /dev/usb/lb0 ? I just wiped out a hard drive after unplugging it, so there must be a way.
???
Please describe the circumstances.

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#97 Post by jpeps »

rcrsn51 wrote: If you built it yourself, then you probably didn't include the optional udev-hotplug-firmware-download stuff.
Looks like it's optional and for other printers:

"Optional) Install hotplug (for HP LJ 1000/1005/1018/1020/P100[5678]/P1505):
$ su OR $ sudo make install-hotplug
# make install-hotplug

Unplug and re-plug the USB printer"

http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/INSTALL

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#98 Post by James186282 »

I might be missing it but is there supposed to be a printer (&scanner) driver for the HP Photosmart Premium C310? *In the .pet at the other end of this thread.

BTW I switched to a fresh Slacko5.3.3 (from Lucid 5.2.8)
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#99 Post by rcrsn51 »

James186282 wrote:I might be missing it but is there supposed to be a printer (&scanner) driver for the HP Photosmart Premium C310? *In the .pet at the other end of this thread.

I checked and it's there - HP Photosmart Prem c310 Series.

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#100 Post by James186282 »

Thanks. I didn't scroll down far enough. It wasn't just photosmart C310 ir was Photosmart Premium C310 (sigh)

BTW I tried the latest lucid update and that solved some of my wife's lock up problems. Anyway, I appreciate your help.

I've been switching back and forth between that and slacko which is helping me crawl to a (slightly) lelss noob level experience.

One thing I don't quite get. Is the source of all the drivers hplip? Its nothing important I'm just curious how things work and what came from what / where.
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#101 Post by rcrsn51 »

James186282 wrote:One thing I don't quite get. Is the source of all the drivers hplip? Its nothing important I'm just curious how things work and what came from what / where.
They come from here. But it's a stripped-down build specifically for the Puppy environment.

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#102 Post by James186282 »

I'm trying to remember the hoops I jumped through to print from puppy to a Win2K computer with an HP Laserjet 4.

pnethood is working fine
if I run nslookup
Server 192.168.1.1
Address 192.168.1.1 pc2

Name ULTIMATE-D5B436
Address 1 192.168.1.107 ultimate-d5b436

I can ping the Win2k Box ok. The firewalls are off on both sides. It kind of making me loops. Earlier in this thread you talked about smbw I'm not familiar with that.

Could you suggest any trouble shooting plan that might help me figure out this (No Doubt Dumb) error I'm making?

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#103 Post by rcrsn51 »

In CUPS, what URI are you using to install the printer?

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#104 Post by James186282 »

I've tried a variety of them - currently its set to
smbc://WORKGROUP/ultimate-d7b349/HPLaserjet-4

In the "Printers" part of CUPs it says
LaserJet (Default Printer)
"password@WORKGROUP\ultimate-d5345\HPLaserjet-4:
Not enough \ Characters in service"

Not enough \ Characters??

Anyhow in the same page it says
"Device URI:smbc://WORKGROUP/ultimate-d5b345/HPLaserjet-4"
Printer state:stopped, accepting jobs, published.


It seems odd that the uri is not the same as the description. In pnethoodsambashares the password seem to be required. I'm feeling like I can see the forest because all the trees are in the way.

I may have really munged things I downgraded CUPs to the 1.3.11 rev.

I double checked that I can print fromthe windoze box.
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#105 Post by rcrsn51 »

First of all, install the smbw backend from Page 1. If you actually need authentication, it is the best choice. It is listed in CUPS as "Windows/Samba Printer".

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smbw://ultimate-d5b345/HPLaserjet-4
What CUPS messages do you get?

If you think that authentication is required, use

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smbw://usename:password@workgroup/ultimate-d5b345/HPLaserjet-4
What messages do you get?

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#106 Post by canbyte »

Hi rcrsn51. I thought I'd try out slacko 5.3.3 and am having problems getting the oki C3400 to print. The download/ install of file listed on page 1 seemed to go ok. Also tried foo2xxx icm-1.0.pet. CUPS does discover the printer on the network and it sends the job, oki lights seem to recognize the job and the job is listed by cups as being completed - but no actual printed page. I've tried restarting the printer and using various of the drivers listed after the 'continue' button is activated. I've tried monochrome and colour and various other default settings. Any ideas of what to try next? Thanks edit: this post is on pg 8
Last edited by canbyte on Wed 13 Mar 2013, 02:37, edited 1 time in total.
[color=orange]1. Dell Dimension E521, AMD Athln 64, 2 GHz 1.93GB ram,
Puppy 533 on CD, accesses flash drive only,
FFox Nightly12.0
2. Compaq P3 733Hz 375RAM
Printer: Oki C3400 > LAN [/color]

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#107 Post by James186282 »

This maybe the dumbest question ever. The user is what I log on when I start the Win2k machine - correct? Maybe to unsort this I should give the "Machine" something unique. There are too many "Ultimate"s in this puzzle. Thanks on the smbw. I didn't know where to look - now I do!

I'm not sure how to thank you but I really appreciate all the help you've given me.
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#108 Post by James186282 »

Thank you thank you thank you!!!

"If you think that authentication is required, use
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smbw://usename:password@workgroup/ultimate-d5b345/HPLaserjet-4

What messages do you get?"

The authentication code did the trick. It

It printed the test page - the only oddity was that not enough \ characters thing but after the test page it seems to have gone away.
Humm one more odd thing. Here is what CUPs thinks is the URI after I used the one you suggested
smbw://workgroup/ultimate-d7b349/HPLaserjet-4
The username:password appear to have evaporated? Odd....

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your tireless efforts to help noobs like me! This was at the "make me pull my own head off" stage.
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#109 Post by rcrsn51 »

James186282 wrote: Humm one more odd thing. Here is what CUPs thinks is the URI after I used the one you suggested
smbw://workgroup/ultimate-d7b349/HPLaserjet-4
The username:password appear to have evaporated? Odd....
CUPS is designed to work in a multi-user environment. Once the printer is installed, CUPS hides the password to the Windows machine so other users can't see it.

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#110 Post by rcrsn51 »

canbyte wrote:I thought I'd try out slacko 5.3.3 and am having problems getting the oki C3400 to print.
In what other Puppy is this printer working? Is it also using the 2012.05.05 version of foo2xxx?

Have you turned on the firewall?

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