reinstalling HP LaserJet 4050

Wade Smart wadesmart at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 15:01:05 UTC 2008


Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> 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 1611 GMT-6
>>
>> I did before I remembered to install that package -but the results are
>> the same: CUPS server error - There was an error during the CUPS
>> operation: 'client-error-document-format-not-supported'
>>
>> That is when I click a test page.
>>
>> Wade
>>
>>
> Ok, maybe you are having a Letter/A4 problem or similar: Go to 
> http://localhost:631 and look up your printer properties.
> 
> Generally, according to this
> http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_4050
> 
> your printer works almost "constitutionally" with Linux.
> 
> kind regards
> Eberhard
> 
> 
20080904 0955 GMT-6

Ok.
LaserJet4050: General
Media Size: Letter

Wade






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