Network Fax

[Bob Cortez]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Gernot Hassenpflug <aikishugyo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have an HP OfficeJet J5750 All In One (print/fax/copy/scan) unit that
> is
> > installed as the default network printer.  It is plugged in with a USB
> > connection to a box running 7.1.   All computers on the network can
> print
> > without a problem.  The fax printer appears as an option in the
> available
> > printers.  When I try to fax using hplip from the computer connected to
> the
> > printer it hangs at "processing fax file".  When I try hplip from a
> > networked computer I get an error "no device found:" even though it
> shows up
> > in the available printers as installed and ready.  I have hylafax server
> > installed but  It's apparently looking for a fax modem, not the USB
> > connection.  I'm at a complete loss here, and not even sure where to
> look to
> > find the problem, never mind the solution.
>
> Tricky! I cannot tell whether you are saying your printer prints fine.
> If not, check the gimp-print ML. Also, if it does not scan, check the
> sane-devel ML. HP provides support and the majority of HP pritners are
> removed from gimp-print/gutenprint. So you would have to check an HP
> ML or web forum etc. for help using hplip. HP should at least document
> linux support for your machine (web?), and tell you what to do with
> the driver (like if hplip supports faxes at all). Could be
> permissions, but I don't have a fax so cannot help you on particulars.


Thank you for your reply.  The printer prints fine from all of the networked
computers.  I'll check out some HP resources and see if anyone in those
groups can help me.

Bob
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