[ubuntu-za] Printer problems

[frans]

On 12/05/03 21:42, Jan Greeff wrote:
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> hplip-gui makes no difference. Permission denied to purge hplip. When 
> the thing asks me whether I am root, I feel a complete idiot because I 
> don't have an inkling what it's about...
>
> I notice that backup says it cannot function until a network 
> connection is established, could this be my problem because the 
> printer works via the network?
Ok So are your machine on the same network than your printer?
For instance  both are on 192.168.0.* or 192.168.1.* etc.
Do/did you configure the network by hand or dhcp...
what's the chance a rat got to your cables networking cables

>
> Jan
>
>
> On 03/05/2012 18:57, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
>> On 03/05/2012 18:33, Lee Sharp wrote:
>>> On 05/03/2012 11:05 AM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>> My HP 6313 all-in-one has been running well for some time, but has now
>>>> lost contact with my Precise 12.02. I have reinstalled hplip via
>>>> terminal, tried to reinstall printers but it looks as if there is
>>>> conflict somewhere. The printer icon in the top toolbar shows three
>>>> printers and the start/printers shows connected to Localhost (my
>>>> network) but no printers installed. TheHP toolbar also shows no 
>>>> printers
>>>> installed and does not pick it up when I try to install.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on where I should go from here?
>>> Before going totally crazy, boot a LiveCD and see if it finds it and
>>> prints.  It may be hardware...
>>>
>>>              Lee
>>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I had a weird problem when installing drivers for an HP2320cnf. I use to
>> get block letters for certain vowels, lol. All I can say is, when it
>> comes to upgrading, it's better to delete the current printers you have
>> and add them again. If you want, you can also install the hplip-gui
>> package which can show you additional information that CUPS doesn't
>> provide. You can also try purging the current hplip configuration with
>> apt-get purge hplip* and reinstall it again and then add you printers if
>> the above doesn't work. :)
>>
>

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