HP LaserJet P1005 on/off problem

[The Wassermans]

Thank you both Andre & Scott,

Well, the plugin certainly fixed the print quality.  Resolution and
printable area.

But the on/off syndrome remains with me.  For the present I have to
remember to make sure the P1005 in turned on before I boot up or I get
the "may not be connected" error message.

In Windows if I turn on the printer after sending a job, I have to go
into Printer Control and refresh the print job to get it working.  So
it's not problem free.

But for the price $95 with cartridge it prints fast and well in both
systems.

So I still need a solution to wake up the connection in situ -
eventually.

Thanks again,

Dave W



On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 11:04 +1000, Andre Mangan wrote:
> For general information, regarding the HP 1005 and the HP P1005 - both
> printers require the plugin.
> 
> See list here: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin.html
> 
> While HPLIP is open source, the plugins are proprietary and not
> included in HPLIP.
> 
> Whether or not the plugin will fix Dave's printer problem remains to
> be announced.
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 2009/5/24 Scott Evans <scott at vk7hse.hobby-site.org>
>         Hi Dave,
>         
>         Well CTRL+ALT+Backspace is only for restarting your X server!
>         (except in Jaunty requires dontzap to be installed to
>         re-enable) I'm not 100% familiar with the model printer that
>         you have, but I'm assuming its a entry level laser-jet. Do you
>         connect this by USB? if so, you may find that by removing the
>         USB cable from it for 5-10 seconds then plugging it back in
>         that it "may" resume as it should. although I have just
>         searched the Ubuntu forums and there seems to be quite a lot
>         of mention about this model printer and the confusion between
>         HP-1005 & HP-P1005.
>         
>         There is this link http://foo2xqx.rkkda.com/ but if you are
>         not comfortable with any of this then "DON'T" attempt this! I
>         normally wouldn't suggest this type of fix as it could leave
>         you with a broken Ubuntu, hence it is usually best for you to
>         stick with what's in the Ubuntu repositories as they are known
>         to work! (but not always!) and you have a lesser chance of
>         complete system failure.
>         
>         Another thing to try, to confirm that your printer is picked
>         up would be to start the PC without the printer attached, then
>         once booted & logged in, plug the printer in and in a terminal
>         type "lsusb" (without quotes!) and see if the printer is in
>         the listing (similar to below)
>         
>         Bus 001 Device 011: ID 03f0:6c11 Hewlett-Packard
>         Bus 001 Device 007: ID 03f0:3404 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 6122
>         
>         This way you will know if the printer is being detected and
>         would lead to an issue with either HPLIP or CUPS.
>         
>         
>         Scott Evans VK7HSE
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