Printer not working on Lucid 10.4

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 07:15 -0500, Larry Shields wrote:
> On 05/09/2010 10:08 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote: 
> > On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 09:45 -0500, Larry Shields wrote:
> >   
> > > On 05/08/2010 07:25 AM, Frans Ketelaars wrote: 
> > >     
> > > > On Sat, 08 May 2010 06:52:13 -0500, Larry Shields wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > > > *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...
> > >     
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   
> 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... ;-) 


I suggest you go to HP web site

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/support.html


and click the icon "Ask a Question". You will need to create a (free)
launchpad account, if you haven't created any.



There you can post your question to them, since it is a HP issue and not
a distribution issue, as far as I can tell.





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Ioannis Vranos

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