<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#4c4c4c" link="#007aa6" vlink="#007aa6"><div>On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 18:42 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><pre>On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 at 16:26, Charles Irons <<a href="mailto:irons.charles@gmail.com" target="_blank">irons.charles@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</pre><pre></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>After installing HP-Lip 3.18.9 that downloaded about 400 MB and took an hour or so I got no printing.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Gosh -- that's slow. Where in the world are you?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre></pre><pre>So used HP Device Manager to diagnose the driver</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Good step, I think.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre></pre><pre>with this result right at the end:</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>warning: Insufficient permission to access file /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet-1510-series.ppd</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>OK. Helpful but not as helpful as it could be!</pre><pre><br></pre><pre></pre><pre>Now how do I change permission for the .ppd file? Or copy it elsewhere?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Well first let's see what the permissions *are*.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>If you issue this command in a terminal:</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>ls -la /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet-1510-series.ppd</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Note, capitals are important! You may be able to tab-complete it --</pre><pre>type 2-3 letters of each bit (between slashes) and then press the Tab</pre><pre>key and Ubuntu should autocomplete it for you. If it beeps, type</pre><pre>another letter or 2 and try again.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Then paste the result, so we know what the permissions are.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>-- </pre><pre>Liam Proven - Profile: <a href="https://about.me/liamproven" target="_blank">https://about.me/liamproven</a></pre><pre>Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk" target="_blank">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: <a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com" target="_blank">lproven@gmail.com</a></pre><pre>Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven</pre><pre>UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053</pre><pre><br></pre></blockquote><pre>Hi Liam</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I am in South Africa. Johannesburg actually. We lag behind somewhat.</pre><pre><br></pre><div class="m_-2984027427165682808-x-evo-indented" style="margin-left:3ch"><pre><a href="mailto:chas@Charles-PC" target="_blank">chas@Charles-PC</a>:~$ ls -la /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet-1510-series.ppd</pre><pre>-rw-r----- 1 root lp 17256 Oct 16 12:41 /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet-1510-series.ppd</pre><pre><a href="mailto:chas@Charles-PC" target="_blank">chas@Charles-PC</a>:~$ </pre><pre><br></pre></div><pre>I am getting comfortable with operating a terminal; Just very little idea of which commands will help.</pre><pre>This old dog hopes to remain an end user.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>We seem to be getting close to a solution to printing!</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Take care. Chas</pre><pre><div class="m_-2984027427165682808-x-evo-signature-wrapper" style="font-family:Ubuntu;white-space:normal"><span class="m_-2984027427165682808-x-evo-signature" id="m_-29840274271656828081401106829.1774.4@chas-desktop"><pre>-- <br></pre><div>Our preferred address is</div><a href="mailto:irons.charles@gmail.com" target="_blank">irons.charles@gmail.com</a><div>Mobile +2783 588 0028</div><div><span id="m_-2984027427165682808-x-evo-selection-start-marker"></span><span id="m_-2984027427165682808-x-evo-selection-end-marker"></span><br></div></span></div></pre><pre><br></pre><div class="m_-2984027427165682808-x-evo-indented" style="margin-left:3ch"><pre></pre></div></div>
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