18.04 has no support for my printer

[Charles Irons]

Hello Brian

Sorry for using so much of your time. I have followed your commands and
added more without success.
See below:
chas at Charles-PC:~$ lpstat -a
Deskjet-1510-series accepting requests since Wed 17 Oct 2018 09:30:55 SAST
Deskjet_1510_2 accepting requests since Thu 18 Oct 2018 08:25:16 SAST
chas at Charles-PC:~$ lpadmin -p test -v
hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ -E -m
drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-deskjet_1510_series.ppd
chas at Charles-PC:~$ sudo lpadmin -p test -v
hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ -E -m
drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-deskjet_1510_series.ppd
[sudo] password for chas:
chas at Charles-PC:~$  lp -d test /etc/nsswitch.conf
request id is test-2553 (1 file(s))
chas at Charles-PC:~$  cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/test.ppd -m printer/foo -e
/etc/nsswitch.conf > outfile 2>log
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
chas at Charles-PC:~$
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Idle - Filter failed
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****I deleted all printers and re-installed one only. I ran HP driver
diagnosis that showed:
| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
-----------------------
HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.18.9  ****???
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is supported for ubuntu distro  18.04
version
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet_1510.ppd
PPD Description: HP Deskjet 1510 Series, HPCUPS 3.17.10   ***???
Printer status: printer Deskjet_1510 is idle.  enabled since Thu 18 Oct
2018 11:25:23 SAST
Communication status: Good
*** Then I reran commands:

chas at Charles-PC:~$ lpadmin -p test -v
hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ -E -m
drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-deskjet_1510_series.ppd
chas at Charles-PC:~$ lpstat -a
Deskjet_1510 accepting requests since Thu 18 Oct 2018 11:35:49 SAST
test accepting requests since Thu 18 Oct 2018 11:45:55 SAST
chas at Charles-PC:~$ lp -d test /etc/nsswitch.conf
request id is test-2557 (1 file(s))
chas at Charles-PC:~$ cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/test.ppd -m printer/foo -e
/etc/nsswitch.conf > outfile 2>log
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
chas at Charles-PC:~$
*** Still no printer activity.*****
HP diagnose queues showed *test* queue as well:
2 queues of same device Deskjet_1510 is configured.
Remove unwanted queues
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I hope all the above mean something to you.
Have a good day in spite of my problem.
irons.charles at gmail.com
 Mobile +2783 588 0028


On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 19:06, Brian <ad44 at cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed 17 Oct 2018 at 17:14:33 +0200, Charles Irons wrote:
>
> > Hi Brian
> >
> > Here are results of the tests you detailed:
> > chas at Charles-PC:~$ lpadmin -p test -v
> > hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ -E -m
> > /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet-1510-series.ppd
> > lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file.
> > chas at Charles-PC:~$ lpadmin -p test -v
> > hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ -E -m
> > /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet_1510_2.ppd
> > lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file.
>
> Your -m directive is incorrect. Please reread the earlier posts. The
> command you want is
>
> lpadmin -p test -v hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ -E -m
> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-deskjet_1510_series.ppd
>
> Check that the queue test has been established with 'lpstat -a'. If it
> hasn't been (unlikely), add sudo before lpadmin.
>
> sudo lpadmin......
>
> > chas at Charles-PC:~$ lp -d test /etc/nsswitch.conf
>
> This can be done as an ordinary user.
>
> > request id is test-2550 (1 file(s))
> > chas at Charles-PC:~$
> >
> > Print job is continuing. Code 1002.
> > Deskjet-1510-series
> >
> > No movement on the printer at all.
>
> The queue was not set up.
> >
> > chas at Charles-PC:~$ cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/test.ppd -m printer/foo -e
> > /etc/nsswitch.conf > outfile 2>log
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > chas at Charles-PC:~$
>
> No idea about why core was dumped. If done as an ordinary user, the
> command will not work because cupsfilter is not in chas' path. (The
> failure is beause of the faulty command I gave you). However, you
> should have got "cupsfilter: command not found". Modify the command
> to have
>
> /usr/sbin/cupsfilter.......
>
> > Ubuntu error by cupsfilter. I sent error report so lost the details.
> > I repeated the command with same response but no Ubuntu error.
>
> --
> Brian.
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