Re: PSC 1210 - can scan but can't print

On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 04:31, bbales wrote:
> Think of me as a newby with a five-week-old PSC1210.
> Somewhere I'm missing something.  I can scan, but can't print.  Running RedHat 
> 9.0.  Printer is HP PSC1210 and I had previously set it up on another older 
> and slower RH 9 system and it printed (with "lpr <file-name>" only) and 
> scanned.  Wouldn't print a cups test page.
> 
> On my wife's machine it won't print at all, but scans.
> 
> installed libusb-0.1.6-3
> installed libusb-devel-0.1.6-3
> installed hpijs-1.6.1-1
> installed hpoj-0.91-1
> 
> as root, /usr/local/sbin/ptal-init setup
> 
> in cups (http://localhost:631)  select "add a printer" and select the device:
> 
> [betty@betty log]$ ptal-device
> mlc:usb:psc1200
> [betty@betty log]$ ptal-devid
> MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:psc 1200
> series;CMD:LDL,MLC,PML,DYN;CLS:PRINTER;1284.4DL:4d,4e,1;SN:CN42QG301Y5H;S:0380008000820000002c1481061c
> 2501061;
> [betty@betty log]$ ptal-print `ptal-device` </dev/null
> ptal-print: connecting to device "mlc:usb:psc1200"...  successful.
> [betty@betty log]$ ptal-connect `ptal-device` -service ECHO
> ptal-connect: connecting to device "mlc:usb:psc1200"...  successful.
> goneaway
> goneaway                        
> blahblah
> blahblah
> 
> [betty@betty log]$ su
> Password:
> [root@betty log]# ptal-init start
> 
> Stopping the HP OfficeJet Linux driver.
> Starting the HP OfficeJet Linux driver.
>     mlc:usb:psc1200
> 
> [root@betty log]#
> 
> Try to print a test page with http://localhost:631  and get:
> Could not connect to remote server.
> http://betty:631/printers/psd1200?op=print-test-page
> 
> In a shell, I try "lpr testing " and it comes back with the prompt like it 
> sent it, but nothing from the printer and
> "lpq"  gives me
> "psc1200 is ready     no entries"
> 
> /var/log/messages says "psc1200 successfully initialized"
> 
> bruce
I'm Presuming here that you have checked that the relevant servers are
running:- cups, cups-lpd, hpoj, httpd, ptal-init, xinetd

&

on the cups page the printer is accepting jobs and is started.

there was a problem with ptal-init where it didn't like the 'LANG='
shell variable set to anything but 'C', but I guess you've caught that
one!

Laurence 



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