Printer not working on Lucid 10.4

[Larry Shields]

On 05/09/2010 10:08 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 09:45 -0500, Larry Shields wrote:
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>> On 05/08/2010 07:25 AM, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
>>      
>>> On Sat, 08 May 2010 06:52:13 -0500, Larry Shields wrote:
>>>
>>>
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>>>> *I have a HP Deskjet 5550 printer, for which lucid does not see, when I
>>>> am trying to set it up...Using a parallel cable for connection when I
>>>> use the>system>administration>printing app the server shows new but I
>>>> can not add a new printer...
>>>>
>>>> I have even downloaded the newest HPLIP driver for this printer but it
>>>> still will not let me install it...So has anyone had this problem in
>>>> setting up your printer, if so I would like to know how you did it...
>>>>
>>>> It has allways worked in every release of ubuntu, but not in
>>>> Lucid...Hummm
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Larry
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/deskjet/deskjet_5550.html
>>> says your printer should work with Ubuntu 10.04 . You can even get help
>>> from HP directly: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html .
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>>      -Frans
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Hello Frans,
>>
>> I have checked the HP website, and followed the instructions,
>> downloaded the hplip-3.10.2.run script...Now I have a problem, even
>> when I use the option C for custom, it never shows the question to
>> enable parallel cable, or pp-build since it is disabled in the
>> program...Why they did this is beyond me...
>>
>> Just maybe you or someone else might have run into this and have the
>> fix as to how to enable for using a parallel cable, instead of the USB
>> one...
>>      
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> HPLIP is available in Synaptic. Better use that one, although I do not
> know if HPLIP provides parallel cable support.
>
> Uninstall hplip-3.10.2 that you installed first, and then install HPLIP
> in Synaptic.
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*Hello Ioannis,

I am still having a problem in getting my Deskjet 5550 printer setup to 
work with a parallel cable...When using the setup program, to enable 
pp-build it never shows up for me to do it...This is the main problem, 
I've tried it using A=Automatic & C-Custom, yet neither will work...

So right now I am at a standstill as to what to do, since I am all out 
of usb slots... ;-)

Larry
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