How do I get Puppy 5.2.8 to talk to HP PSC-1300 -- Solved

[Hotdog]

Am using Puppy 5.2.8, HD install, HP PSC-1300 all-in-one USB printer, CUPS v1.4.3, hpliplite-3.10.5 and foomatic-filters-4.0.4-i486. When sending a test page to the printer from CUPS the attempt ends with a status of "stopped".
CUPS error log shows:

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E [11/Dec/2012:23:18:37 -0500] Unable to execute /usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups: No such file or directory
E [11/Dec/2012:23:18:37 -0500] [Job 248] Unable to start filter "hpcups" - Success.
E [11/Dec/2012:23:18:37 -0500] [Job 248] Stopping job because the scheduler could not execute a filter.

The first line of /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip-hplip has been edited to #!/usr/bin/perl -U. I have made a soft link like so: ln -s /usr/bin/foomatic-rip /usr/lib/cups/filter/.

What can be done to make CUPS recognize and use the foomatic filters?

[lluamco]

The version of hpliplite you are using is quite old. Your printer should work using newer versions.
You can find them, together with instructions at
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 754#439468

Another -alternative- option you can try is described in this threat
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 754#444080

[Hotdog]

lluamco,

Thank you. The newer hpliplite-3.12.11 and soft link did the job. Foomatic filters not required. I appreciate you taking the time to respond!