Network Printer not responding

[Jonathan S. Romero]

I have a 4100 that has been working flawlessly with jetdirect.  Note
when I set up the printer this was one of the options under the network
printer setup, in a dropdown.

The printer of course has a Jetdirect card in it, but from your
description you already have one.

-Jonathan

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 12:07 +0000, John Ryan wrote:
> 
> 
>         
>         On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:20:51 -0300, John Ryan wrote:
>         
>         > Hello,
>         > I am new to Ubuntu. 
>         > I've just installed Ubuntu 5.10
>         > I print over a network - the printer has a fixed IP address.
>         > When I print, nothing appears on the printer.
>         >
>         > It is a HP LaserJet 4000N printer.
>         > I set it up using System | Adminsitration | printers 
>         > where I used  Printer | add printer
>         > I checked Network printer, and added the correct ip address
>         > I next added HP 4000 ( no entry for 4000N) and Apply
>         > I left the printer as "postsrcipt", which was recommended. 
>         >
>         > When I print a document, it stays in the printer queue, but
>         never
>         > seems to reach the printer.
>         >
>         > When I check the printer, by right clicking on it and
>         selecting properties,
>         > I get the message 
>         > "Printing: Unable to get printer status
>         (server-error-operation-not-supported)!"
>         >
>         > I am able to ping the printer.
>         >
>         > The system works under windows, and under SUSE Linux
>         > 
>         > Any ideas?
>         >
>         > John
>         
>         On 11/20/05, Henk Koster <H.A.J.Koster at xs4all.nl> wrote:I
>         recommend that you use HPLIP to operate your printer -- it is 
>         already running by default in Breezy. It requires your printer
>         to be set
>         up as a CUPS (IPP) printer with a specially-formatted URI
>         address.
>         My own HP 5858 DeskJet printer had address 10.0.0.160 on my
>         LAN, so I gave
>         the command (as user) "hp-makeuri 10.0.0.160" which resulted
>         in the URI
>         "hp:/net/deskjet_5800?ip=10.0.0.160". You should run this
>         command with the
>         address of your own printer, and write down the precise
>         result.
>         I then used the Gnome System/Administration/Printing menu to
>         install the
>         printer with this URI, specifying also the HPLIP brand and the
>         recommended. You may also need to configure for paper/region
>         size (A4?
>         Letter?), etc.
>         
>         
>         --
>         H.A.J. Koster
>         "Behavioral axioms are right, but agents make mistakes..."
>         (attributed to L.J. Savage)
> 
> This was the first I had heard of hplip.
> A little investigation led me to the command    
> 
> hp-probe   -bnet
> 
> 
> which returned nothing, but when I turned off firestarter it located
> lots on network 
> printers in my organisation, but not mine.
> 
> 
> I tried
> 
> hp-makeuri  as suggested, but the printer still will not print a test
> page.
> 
> 
> I tried cups by directing my browser at http://localhost:631, but I
> needed a password.
> In any case, I suspect that it would not help.
> As I said initially, the printer works under SUSE and Windows!
> 
> 
> John
> 
>