[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu HP deskjet 1515 printer "filter fails"

[Charles IRONS]

Hi Anton May
No I have not got teamviewer on my PC yet. I searched for it in
Applications and Synaptic but got no result.
If you give me a detailed command to do in a terminal I will try to
install it.
Chas
On Thu, 2018-10-25 at 13:33 +0200, Anton May wrote:
> Good day Charles
> Have you got teamviewer on your PC?
> 
> Anton
> 
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 13:26, Charles IRONS <irons.charles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello Ubuntu-za
> > 
> > 
> > I am a retired end user of Ubuntu since 2004 but at age 79 I need
> > help and I expect to pay for it.
> > 
> > 
> > Does anyone live near me in Northcliff Johannesburg??
> > 
> > 
> > I live in 46 ELM PARK VILLAGE, 1 SUZANNE CRESCENT< NORTHCLIFF 
> > Very near ElCorro shops where Weltevreden Road becomes 14th Avenue.
> > 
> > 
> > I hope there is an expert among Ubuntu-za members who can sort out
> > my printer configuration.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >   
> >   My printer does not print since I upgraded Ubuntu to 18.04.1
> > about 10 October 2018.
> > 
> > I have followed advice in over 30 emails from several guys using
> > ubuntu-users list without success.I still do not know much about
> > linux or cups or debian.
> > 
> > The error "Filter failed" keeps appearing.
> > Launchpad bug #35248 looks similar so I finally read some of the
> > advice in  
> > 
> > https://wiki.debian.org/DissectingandDebuggingtheCUPSPrintingSystem
> > 
> > and started to do some diagnostic steps but got very lost.
> > 
> > The printer works well if I switch to Windows 7 but that is little
> > use because that has very few apps in it.I only use Win 7 for SARS
> > efiling .
> > 
> > I am quite sure this problem can be solved but I only have the
> > skills to do terminal commands that I can copy and paste.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >   
> >   I also tried the simple fix shown in launchpad bug #35248:
> > 
> > sudo sed -i 's/HP (HPLIP)/HP/' /usr/share/ppd/hplip/*
> > 
> > The result is:
> > 
> > sed: can't read /usr/share/ppd/hplip/*: No such file or directory
> > Please help me get this printer to work again-- 
> > 
> > Thanks & kind regards . Chas
> > 
> >   
> >   
> > 
> > Our preferred address is
> > 
> > irons.charles at gmail.com
> > Mobile   +2783 588 0028
> > -- 
> > 
> > ubuntu-za mailing list
> > 
> > ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> > 
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za
> > 
> 
> 
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Our preferred address is

irons.charles at gmail.com
Mobile   +2783 588 0028
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