Re: printing

On 1/13/26 5:01 PM, Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via blfs-support 
Mailing List) wrote:
> On 1/13/26 2:31 PM, Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing 
> List) wrote:
>> On 11/20/25 4:33 PM, Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via 
>> blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
>>> On 11/20/25 3:23 PM, Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing 
>>> List) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've built blfs-12.4 according to the stable book, and I'm having
>>>> a hard time getting printing to work. I have an HP SmartTank
>>>> 7602 printer, so I need to somehow install hplip. I got to
>>>> the point in blfs-12.2 that I could use the printer, but so far
>>>> no luck in 12.4. I realize that you do not support hplip, so I won't
>>>> ask for instructions, but I am just curious if anyone has
>>>> gotten the hplip automatic installer to work for blfs-12.4?
>>>> I think I've installed the required dependencies for packages,
>>>> except I haven't install QT6.
>>>
>>> I was using hplip until the printer failed.  My notes were:
>>>
>>> Not sure if gutenprint is needed.
>>>
>>> hplip needs net-snmp
>>>   install fails with man pages (needs sedscript whatever that is)
>>>
>>> hplip needs sane
>>>
>>> Set parallel port capability!
>>>
>>> Build with:
>>>
>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-pp-build
>>> make
>>> sudo make install
>>> ============
>>> From another user:
>>>
>>> For HPLIP, I use
>>> "./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc 
>>> --enable-cups-ppd-install".
>>>
>>> This is for an HP Envy All-In-One (printer, scanner, copier). There 
>>> should be
>>> no need for parallel port capability.  Gutenprint is not needed (I 
>>> don't know
>>> if it may be required for some printer models, but it isn't for me) 
>>> and there
>>> is no need to restart CUPS afterwards.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I was finally able to get hplip-3.25.8 to build and install, but I 
>> had to find
>> and correct errors in 13 different files that were supplied.
>> It is a mystery to me how anyone on the list was able to get this 
>> software
>> working without first correcting these errors. I am also amazed that
>> source code so full of errors would be released by the hp developers.
>> Maybe (or probably) I am missing something simple that avoids these
>> issues ...
>> Since discussions about hplip are not well tolerated on the list, if 
>> anyone
>> is interested in what I did I am glad to supply the details by private
>> email.
>
> I'm not sure why you say "discussions about hplip are not well 
> tolerated", but generally we do not spend a lot of time on non-BLFS 
> packages.
>
> That said, I used hplip for several years.  I didn't have much problem 
> with it, but I was using an older version: hplip-3.23.12. My notes say:
>
> To get printing to work, install in this order:
>
> cups
> ghostscript !
> cups-filters
> gutenprint
> sane (for hplip)
> net-snmp (for hplip, not in blfs)
> hplip (not in blfs)
>
> If using hplip, not sure if gutenprint is needed.
>
> hplip needs net-snmp
>   install fails with man pages (needs sedscript whatever that is)
>
> hplip needs sane
>
> Set parallel port capability!
>
> Build with:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-pp-build
> make
> sudo make install
> ------
> We no longer have sane-backends in BLFS so I don't know if that is 
> needed or not.
> I do wonder if some of your needed fixes were because of using a newer 
> version of gcc released after the original code was released. I never 
> had any build issues.
>
> Several months ago my OfficeJet_Pro_6978_All-in-One's print head 
> failed and that was not repairable.  After some recommendations, I 
> replaced it with a Brother printer and that is working well.
>
>   -- Bruce
>
>
>

Many of the errors were from implicit declarations, which I guess may
be due to a newer version of gcc. But there were other problems as well.

I have installed all the packages you mentioned in blfs-12.4, and I also
installed QT6 with its dependencies to see if that might solve the
problem, but it didn't.

I started having problems with hplip-3.24.4 back when I built blfs-12.2,
I also had to correct lots of errors to get that hplip to build.

Richard

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