kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 33

[Brian Wootton]

On 25/01/11 21:17, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> Lørdag den 8. januar 2011 01:01:41 skrev Alan Dacey Sr.:
>> >  On Friday, January 07, 2011 05:03:24 am Jacob Ventegodt wrote:
>>> >  >  Hi
>>> >  >  
>>> >  >  I'm trying to install a new HP Deskjet 1000 J110 printer via System
>>> >  >  Settings/Printer Configuration. The printer is detected all right and
>>> >  >  when I try to print a test page it seems to print, but the job just
>>> >  >  processes and then disappears.
>>> >  >  
>>> >  >  When running the hp-systray app it cannot find the printer.
>>> >  >  
>>> >  >  HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6)
>>> >  >  System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0
>>> >  >  
>>> >  >  Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
>>> >  >  This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>>> >  >  This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
>>> >  >  under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
>>> >  >  
>>> >  >  warning: No hp: or hpfax: devices found in any installed CUPS queue.
>>> >  >  Exiting.
>>> >  >  
>>> >  >  Can anyone guide me through this
>>> >  >  
>>> >  >  /Jacob
>> >  
If your printer is USB, then kubuntu should find it and set it up 
without you having to
do anything - but....
When I have had trouble with running my HP printers on a new computer I 
go to this URL 
<http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html>
answer its questions and download the .deb or .bin it points me to. I 
then compare this
filename with what I can find in KPackageKit and decide which package 
I'm going to install:
have a look around for what non-working printers are installed and 
remove/un-install them.
Un-install any hplip that may be there.
  Install your choice of hplip and run hp-setup from the command line, 
this has always eventually
worked for me though with a some cursing because HP software can be a 
little frustrating at times.
Do hp-setup first before trying K>hardware>printer_configuration because 
of conflicts with cups
which might force you to have one printer with two separate names, e.g.
brian