reinstalling HP LaserJet 4050

[Eberhard Roloff]

Wade Smart schrieb:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Wade Smart wrote:
>>> 20080903 1500 GMT-6
>>>
>>> After moving from 7.04 to 8.04 Im unable to get my printer working. I 
>>> found my original thread on here about getting it to work but those 
>>> steps are not working now.
>>>
>>> I installed hpijs.
>>> I have a usb connection.
>>> When I run the HP program it instantly says it cannot see any printers.
>>>
>>> Wade
>>>
>>>   
>>     Did you try it without hpijs? It might work without that on Hardy.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
> 20080903 1700 GMT-6
> 
> I installed foomatic and gutenprint as someone said those worked for
> them but, nothing. They actually didnt even poll the printer from what I
> could tell.
> 
> Wade
> 
> 
swith off your printer then look at the messages file, for example:
sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

then swith on your printer and see whether something meaningful comes up.
You can also see, what happens, when you plug/unplug the usb connector 
of your printer.

Does your HP 4050 have an ethernet connection? If so, I would 
recommend to use this.

Kind regards
Eberhard