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

[Jan]

Great going Anton!

Could my problem be related to the fact that I have been (and still am) 
running Unity?

It is unlikely because I did a clean install but I obviously did go for 
the Unity option on 18.04.

Best wishes,

Jan

On 2018/10/26 07:36, Anton May wrote:
> Hi Jan
>
> Yes I did fix the printer problem. Strange I've been running 18.04 on 
> my work and personal laptops with no issues. I'm happy with 18.04 so far.
>
> Anton
>
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 07:30, Jan <jan at verslank.net 
> <mailto:jan at verslank.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Anton May, if I read correctly between the lines, you managed
>     to sort Charles' problem out, well done!
>
>     Seems like the Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade is going to lead to further
>     loss of Ubuntu users. My own experience of 18.04 was short-lived
>     and made me run fast, back to 16.04 Unity, even before the printer
>     issue surfaced. Now my mind is set on having a good look at Mint
>     when next I consider an upgrade, which will probably only be when
>     support for 16.04 is phased out.
>     On 2018/10/26 07:20, Anton May wrote:
>>     Update to the community, looks like a bug in upgrading from 16.04
>>     to 18.04. Please refer to
>>     https://askubuntu.com/questions/1081885/printer-stopped-working-after-upgrade-16-04-to-18-04
>>
>>     Anton
>>
>>     On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 13:26, Charles IRONS
>>     <irons.charles at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto:irons.charles at gmail.com>
>>         Mobile   +2783 588 0028
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>>     -- 
>>     Regards,
>>     Anton May
>>
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