Linux Newbie, psc 1210 install issues
Ron Crummett <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:31:10 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030204030307080102030106 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello - I installed Debian Sarge on my laptop about three weeks ago, so I am still very new to all of this. I feel like I have learned a lot in a short time, but I can't seem to figure out how to install my HP PSC 1210 multifunction to print and scan. I have set up printing without too much difficulty, but scanning is turning out to be a bear. When I try to use XSane it freezes, and I am confident that the problem is that the scanner is not set up correctly. But how, I don't know. I found this little blurb on the linuxprinting.org website, but completely understanding it is another story: Does not understand PCL as most other DeskJets/PSCs/OfficeJets, it uses the so-called "Lightweight Imaging Device Interface Language" (LIDIL), these printers are supported by the "hpijs" driver beginning from version 1.3. The driver supports resolutions only up to 600 dpi, head alignment settings stored in the printer are not made use of, so use a one-cartridge (CMY) printing mode in case of mis-alignments. Scanning works using the HPOJ <http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/> low-level driver together with its SANE <http://www.sane-project.org/> backend "hpoj". However, note that when using the current version (0.9) you can only scan, and when you don't use HPOJ at all you can only print. To fix this so you can both print and scan, you MUST install libusb <http://libusb.sourceforge.net> and upgrade to the CVS version of HPOJ <http://hpoj.sourceforge.net>. So, if I got this right, I need to install libusb and upgrade to the CVS version of HPOJ. Can someone explain how I do this? My attempts to install libusb (the most recent release) get foiled at the build stage, and I can't find anything regarding a CVS version of HPOJ on the site. I am looking forward to hearing your words of advice. Thanks in advance. -Ron Crummett --------------030204030307080102030106 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hello - <br> <br> I installed Debian Sarge on my laptop about three weeks ago, so I am still very new to all of this. I feel like I have learned a lot in a short time, but I can't seem to figure out how to install my HP PSC 1210 multifunction to print and scan. I have set up printing without too much difficulty, but scanning is turning out to be a bear. When I try to use XSane it freezes, and I am confident that the problem is that the scanner is not set up correctly. But how, I don't know. I found this little blurb on the linuxprinting.org website, but completely understanding it is another story: <br> <br> <p><font face="ms sans serif, helvetica"> Does not understand PCL as most other DeskJets/PSCs/OfficeJets, it uses the so-called "Lightweight Imaging Device Interface Language" (LIDIL), these printers are supported by the "hpijs" driver beginning from version 1.3. The driver supports resolutions only up to 600 dpi, head alignment settings stored in the printer are not made use of, so use a one-cartridge (CMY) printing mode in case of mis-alignments.</font></p> <p><font face="ms sans serif, helvetica"> Scanning works using the <a href="http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/">HPOJ</a> low-level driver together with its <a href="http://www.sane-project.org/">SANE</a> backend "hpoj". However, note that when using the current version (0.9) you can only scan, and when you don't use HPOJ at all you can only print. To fix this so you can both print and scan, you MUST install <a href="http://libusb.sourceforge.net">libusb</a> and upgrade to the CVS version of <a href="http://hpoj.sourceforge.net">HPOJ</a>.<br> </font></p> <p><font face="ms sans serif, helvetica"><br> </font>So, if I got this right, I need to install libusb and upgrade to the CVS version of HPOJ. Can someone explain how I do this? My attempts to install libusb (the most recent release) get foiled at the build stage, and I can't find anything regarding a CVS version of HPOJ on the site. I am looking forward to hearing your words of advice. Thanks in advance.<br> </p> <p>-Ron Crummett<br> </p> <br> </body> </html> --------------030204030307080102030106-- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf