Re: Setting up HP1020 Laserjet printer

On Sat, 2011-09-24 at 20:27 -0400, Gary Montalbine wrote:
> 
> On 09/24/2011 06:31 PM, Chris wrote:
> > For something so simple I'm having a heck of a time. A friend of mine
> > sold me the above printer for $25.00, it's like new. A popup keeps
> > saying I need a propritary driver. I already have HPLIP installed and I
> > know it's working since my HP6L works just fine. I've also looked in the
> > .dat file which shows all the HPLIP supported printers and the 1020 is
> > listed.  When trying to print a test page from the HP Device manager it
> > says it starts and finishes the print job but nothing happens. I see the
> > below in my syslog:
> >
> 
> If I have a problem with my HP I go to MCC -> hardware and remove the 
> printer and then reinstall. It usually works. I would also try and 
> install the driver as it may be unique to your printer even if hplip is 
> installed. I was having trouble with my printer and was directed to 
> check /etc/cups/ppd to see if a file for my printer was there.
> 
> Gary

There is a file for the 1020 there. No matter what I do it keeps popping
up as needing a proprietary driver. I've even installed foo2js which was
suggested over on the alt.os.mandriva newsgroup and still no joy.
 
-- 
Chris
KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C
31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft)
22:29:01 up 234 days, 4:08, 1 user, load average: 0.71, 0.80, 0.54

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEABECAAYFAk5+oLEACgkQ43Kn2pjmcFzMygCeORvIbLjHovy5q4/bf8ci3MOu
ggYAn2nWab3ea6OrMnHPqmSmG5h5xifP
=iRCK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----