Re: Problem with printing on HP2800 series on Leap 16.0, works on Tumbleweed

On 2026-08-17 15:40, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a HP 2800 series all-in-one printer connected on the my local network.
> I use hp-setup after installation of packet hplip to configure the printer via
> Advanced setup using the IP address of the printer.
> 
> I did this om Tumbleweed and Leap 16.0. It requires to load a proprietary
> module, which goes OK.
> 
> I start printing a pdf file or the test file, which works on Tumbleweed and I
> see messages about starting and finishing the print job on both systems.
> 
> But no paper output when using Leap 16.0.
> 
> I tried cupsctl --debug-logging on Leap 16.0 and got a lot of log output, but
> no clue on what is wrong.
> No denials in selinux and firewall configuration is the same on both systems.
> 
> Any ideas where to look ??
> 

Could it be that your system is using old ppd and not the driverless one?

egrep -i "name|model|filter" /etc/cups/ppd/* | grep PCFileName

There is a forum post to help with that.
https://forums.opensuse.org/t/my-hp-envy-6500e-printer-still-does-not-print/190890


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/bengan