<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffcc99"> On 05/10/2010 08:11 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1273497068.2965.9.camel@ubuntu" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 07:15 -0500, Larry Shields wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 05/09/2010 10:08 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 09:45 -0500, Larry Shields wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 05/08/2010 07:25 AM, Frans Ketelaars wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sat, 08 May 2010 06:52:13 -0500, Larry Shields wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">*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 </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/deskjet/deskjet_5550.html">http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/deskjet/deskjet_5550.html</a> says your printer should work with Ubuntu 10.04 . You can even get help from HP directly: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html">http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html</a> . Good luck! -Frans </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">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... </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> 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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">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... ;-) </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I suggest you go to HP web site <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/support.html">http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/support.html</a> 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. </pre> </blockquote> Thanks I have reported the problem... Larry <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Powered by Debian/GNU/Linux by Ubuntu ver 10.4 Lucid 73 de Larry/wd9esu 34yr's A.R.O. Reg# Linux User 484593 "This is Linux Country, on a quiet night you can hear WINDOZE ! Systems REBOOTING !!" GPG Fingerprint: A4D2 BFC2 B21B 8F7A C336 EFDC 7039 3CA5 3332 076E Public Key available from subkeys.pgp.net </pre> </body> </html>