HP LaserJet 2430 Installation Question Under 12.04.2 LTS **SOLVED**

Jay Ridgley jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
Sun Mar 3 18:53:41 UTC 2013


On 03/02/2013 09:11 AM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just acquired an HP LaserJet 2430 printer, when install it I am presented with
> the following options for the driver(s):
>
> HP LaserJet 2430 Foomatic/Postscript(en)
> HP LaserJet 2430 hpjis pcl3, 3.12.2 (en)
> HP LaserJet 2430 Postscript(recommended)
> HP LaserJet 2430 Postscript(recommended)
> HP LaserJet 2430 Postscript(recommended)
>
> Which is the proper one to choose & what is the difference between the 3 that
> are recommended?
>
> When I chose the first recommended driver and tried to print a test page it
> literally emptied the paper supply without completing...
>
> I am inclined to use the Foomatic entry...
>
> Does anyone have one of these critters working?
>
> Cheers,
> Jay
>
I discovered that there was a driver labeled:

HP LaserJet 2430 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.8-pre1

That works quite nicely with my LaserJet 2430tn

Cheers,
Jay
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