How to install printer Kubuntu?

[Mitch Contla]

Ted Quick said the following on 11/17/2006 07:58 AM:
> --- Mitch Contla <mcontla at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Ted Quick said the following on 11/16/2006 10:46 PM:
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>>> --- Simon Bassett <spbasset at ptd.net> wrote:
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>>>> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 21:56 -0800, Ted Quick wrote:
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>>>>> --- Mitch Contla <mcontla at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> Ted Quick said the following on 11/16/2006 07:16 AM:
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>>>>>>> I have been trying to get my printer working again, since an update messed up the system.
>>>>>>> Apparently CUPS was "improved" to avoid bothering to feed anything to the printer. Is
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>>>> there a
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>>>>>> way
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>>>>>>> to go back to what it was BEFORE the upgrade?
>>>>>>> Kubuntu really isn't much use if I can't print anything. Help
>>>>>>> Ted Quick
>>>>>>> Need a website? Look at: http://www.rqh-webhosting.com/
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>>>>>> How about some specifics? What do you mean "feed anything to the
>>>>>> printer"? Are the printers set to accept jobs? What do you see when you
>>>>>> goto http://localhost:631/printers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My ubuntu (dapper) system is completely up to date, and I've never
>>>>>> experienced a problem with printing.
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Mitch
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>>>>> That gives me "No Printers"
>>>>> Also when I try to print something the Print box appears and it says Printer Name "Default"
>>>>> When I click on the Properties button it say print command 
>>>>> lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+-P"$MOZ_PRINTER_NAME"}
>>>>> Ted Quick
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>>>> If that gives no printers, it appears there are none setup. Try from the
>>>> konsole:
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>>>> sudo kcontrol
>>>> then setup a printer from there.
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>>> When I do that it doesn't identify my HP 3745 Deskjet, it gives "ESP HP Color LaserJet Series
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>> PCL 6" as the only possible orinter.
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>>> Ted Quick
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>> Well. Why not try the lpadmin command. Linuxprinting.org say the HP 3745
>> is essentially the same as the HP 3840; the recommended driver is hpijs.
>> First, verify the ppd exists using lpinfo (my output listed with command
>> below:
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>> $ lpinfo -m | grep 3840
>> hpijs/HP/HP-DeskJet_3840-hpijs.ppd HP DeskJet 3840 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended) - HPLIP 0.9.7
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>> If you don't see similar output, you need to get the correct ppd first
>> (use linuxprinting.org).
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>> Add the printer using lpadmin like this:
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>> $ sudo lpadmin -p HP-3745 -E -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -m hpijs/HP/HP-DeskJet_3840-hpijs.ppd -u
>> allow:all
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>> This assumes the printer is connected to the parallel port. If it's
>> connected differently, you'll need to change the argument to the -v
>> option. You can get a list of recognized ports using "lpinfo -v".
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>> Everything going well? then...
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>> $ lpr -P HP-3745 <sometestfile>
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>> Did it print? If so, set the printer as default:
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>> $ lpadmin -d HP-3745
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>> If this doesn't seem to work, then we need to start looking at your cups
>> configuration.
>> Cheers
>> -- 
>> Mitch
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> Neither lpinfo or lpadmin works. Bioth say "command not found"
>
> Ted Quick
> Need a website? Look at: http://www.rqh-webhosting.com/
>
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That means at the very least, cupsys-client is not installed. I don't
know what else your missing, but why don't you try (you can use apt-get
if you prefer):

$ sudo aptitude install cupsys cupsys-client cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint foomatic-filters-ppds foomatic-db-hpijs foomatic-db-gutenprint

This should install and pull all dependencies for a complete printing
system (albeit with many extra drivers and ppds). Afterwards, try the
instructions in my last post.

Good luck
-- 
Mitch