Re: Can't print to HP PSC 1210 from HP Omnibook 4150 running Knoppix

Does it work if you try and configure it as a regular USB printer?

Cory
hp linux printing team

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 09:26, Neil Marsh wrote:
> Hi,
> I've followed the instructions to the letter (I think!) and hpoj-0.91 is 
> installed with no errors, but nothing prints.
> 
> Background:
> - Laptop is an HP Omnibook 4150
> - O/S is Knoppix (Debian) on kernel 2.4.24-xfs, freshly installed
> - Printer is a brand-new HP PSC 1210
> - All the prerequisites are there, as called for in the 'compiling and 
> installing' section of the manual:
>      gcc 3.3.3
>      g++ 3.3.3
>      ld 2.14.9.0.0.7
>      perl 5.8.3
>      bash 2.05b
>      libusb-0.1.so.4
>      xscanimage
>      xsane
> 
> - when I installed libusb-dev, it required the line "none /proc/bus/usb 
> usbfs defaults 0 0" to be added to fstab, so I did, and it mounts 
> successfully on bootup.
> 
> - I downloaded & compiled the hpoj tarball yesterday into /usr/local:
>     -   "./configure" reported no missing dependencies.  It did state 
> that the xojpanel is disabled (that's OK - this printer doesn't support 
> that anyway)
>     -   "make install" proceeded ok, returning no errors except for:
>       a.  a warning about setting the $PATH.  I checked in /etc/profile, 
> and /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin are both already in the PATH. 
> (I don't have a profile.d file that I can find)
>       b.  A warning to update the rc#.d files (I did)
> 
> -I ran "ptal-init setup" as root from a console.  It identified the 
> printer correctly, and there were no errors.
> - "ptal-devid", "ptal-ph", "ptal-connect -service ECHO" all worked as 
> expected
> 
> Problems:
> -----> "ptal-print </dev/null" returned a 'successful' message, but 
> there was no action on the printer - not so much as a blinking light.
> 
> -----> Next, I set up the printer using CUPS, found the "PTAL" device 
> and tried all the listed drivers (there were 3 suggestions for HP 
> deskjets)  Test pages were always reported successful by CUPS, but 
> nothing printed.
> 
> 
> Any and all help will be VERY much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!


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