[ubuntu-uk] HP Deskjet 2600

[John Levin]

On 27/07/2010 16:35, Tony Pursell wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 14:42 +0100, John Levin wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> has anyone got an HP Deskjet 2600 working with Ubuntu? Mine is detected,
>> but isn't printing.
>>
>> According to a bug report:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/588081
>> there is a fix (by choosing hplips-cups driver) but I can't find the
>> driver, even though I have hplips cups installed.
>>
>> Ta
>>
>> John
>>
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>
> Hi John
>
> I assume you mean the HP Business Inkjet 2600. Have you got the HPLIP
> package installed?  Check in Ubuntu Software Centre. If not, install it.
>
> That should bring with it hpijs, which is the actual driver you need.
> See
>
> http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-Business_Inkjet_2600
>
> Tony
>

It's a deskjet D2660 (the docs all say D2600 series, hence my slip). I 
have the hpijs drivers installed, the printer is detected, but no joy 
printing.

John

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