hp all in one dection

[Charles Yao]

On 9/2/05, Larry Grover <lgrover at zoominternet.net> wrote:
> 
> Charles Yao wrote:
> > Larry,
> >
> > The result for the command sudo find / -name hplip
> 
> OK, the script "hplip" doesn't exist anywhere on your system.
> 
> > find: /proc/8169/task: No such file or directory
> >
> > The result for the second command sudo find / -name "hplip*"
> >
> > /home/ccyao/hpijs-2.1.4/hplip_api.c
> > /home/ccyao/hpijs-2.1.4/hplip_api.h
> > /home/ccyao/hpijs-2.1.4/.deps/hplip_api.Po
> > /home/ccyao/hpijs-2.1.4/hplip_api.o find: /proc/8169/task: No such
> > file or directory
> 
> Ahh! I see! You downloaded, configured, compiled and installed
> *hpijs*, but you are following the directions for *hplip* :
> 
> > I just followed the HP instructions
> >>>
> >>> http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/install.php#debian_env
> >>>
> >>> When I run /etc/init.d/hplip
> >>>
> >>> it says: sudo: /etc/init.d/hplip: command not found
> >>>
> >>> Im basically a noob so I dont really know how much of this
> >>> stuff works.
> >>>
> >>> Charles
> 
> See the FAQ at http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/faqs.php :
> 
> > 1) HPIJS is the basic printing driver that supports printing from
> > CUPS, LPD, PPR, and other spoolers.
> > 2) HPLIP is a complete imaging
> > and printing system for CUPS that includes HPIJS.
> 
> Hplip includes the /etc/init.d/hplip start-up script, hpijs does not
> include this script (and that's why it cannot be found on your system).
> 
> Perhaps if you download, compile and install *hplip* you will have
> more success in achieving your goal?
> 
> Before you do this you may want to run "sudo make uninstall" in the
> /home/ccyao/hpijs-2.1.4/ directory, to remove all the pieces of hpijs.
> 
> I also strongly advise that you look into the "checkinstall" package,
> which is available in the ubuntu repositories and can be installed via
> apt-get or synaptic. Checkinstall allows you to use the dpkg
> management tool -- this will make it easier for you to track the
> software you have compiled and installed and will make it easier to
> cleanly remove this software if you decide you don't need it (or
> realize that it won't work, etc).
> 
> Regards,
> Larry
> 
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Larry,

Thanks for everything. Ill do just that.

Charles
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