Kubuntu driver for HP LaserJet4+

[Rodney Myers]

On Jan 6, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Maynard Wright wrote:

> On Friday 05 January 2007 18:16, Rodney Myers wrote:
>> On Jan 5, 2007, at 9:41 AM, Maynard Wright wrote:
>>> I'm resending this message with its own subject line.  I didn't
>>> really mean to
>>> hijack the other thread for something entirely unrelated.  Sorry.
>>>
>>> Maynard
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------
>>>
>>> I'm running Kubuntu 6.06 LTS on a Toshiba Satellite laptop that  
>>> has no
>>> parallel port.  I'm using the USB port to connect to my HP  
>>> LaserJet4+
>>> printer, but I don't see a driver for that printer in the downloads
>>> I've
>>> found in the repositories.  Is there one out there?  The hardware I
>>> have
>>> lashed together worked fine for printing from RedHat 8.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Maynard
>>> /lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users
>>
>>  From my kubuntu box the my HP laserjet 4 w/network card, I use the
>> recommend foomatic driver, and it just works.
>>
>> So I guess you need to add the foomatic drivers?
>>
>
> I have the foomatic drivers, but something isn't working right.  I  
> have the
> following setup:
>
> Local printer
> description: GENERIC PostScript Printer
> URI: ipp://localhost:631/printers/Trout
>
> device: hp:/par/HP_Laserjet_4_Plus?device=/dev/parport3
> model: hp Laserjet 1020 Foomatic/foo2zjs(recommended)
>
> Printing system currently in use = CUPS
>
> I can send an OpenOffice document or a PDF file to the printer but  
> the printed
> output is garbled.  The same printer currently works fine from  
> another laptop
> running RedHat 8 via a parallel port and it used to work from the  
> Toshiba
> Satellite that's now running Kubuntu using the USB port through the  
> same USB
> hub to the parallel port of the printer when I was running RedHat 8  
> on the
> Satellite prior to installing Kubuntu.  I didn't partition the disk  
> when I
> installed Kubuntu, but wrote over the RedHat 8 installation.
>
> What am I missing here?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Maynard
>

I have the jetdirect (?) network card installed in the printer, so  
take this for what it's worth.

Cups installed on my kubuntu system as well.

device: socket://<ip address>:9100
make and model: HP Laserjet 4 foomatic/hpijs

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