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baboo
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:16 pm    Post subject: printer problem Reply with quote

I connected HP printer to sever via usb. Cups says its there but when I try to print test page I get this error msg:

"/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed"

I need a little help from my friends - I couldn't resist Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just ran hp-setup and selected usb. then it told me no devices fouind. Odd, because cups automatically found it.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

in hp-setup I selected manually find device. It asks for device ID. I tried to enter number but it won't let me.

Forgive me Gerasimos, but do we have a bug here? Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am wondering if the 'ghostscript file' is corrupted.

Just a thought.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

here is output when I tried to test print.


root@nemo:~/install# tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:52 -0600] write_file: 13 file=7
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:52 -0600] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from nemo.cliqn.com:631 (IPv4)
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:52 -0600] encrypt_client: 7 Connection from nemo.cliqn.com now encrypted.
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:53 -0600] cupsdReadClient: 7 GET /images/button-move-job.gif HTTP/1.1
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:53 -0600] cupsdReadClient: 7 Browser asked for language "en.utf-8"...
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:53 -0600] cupsdAuthorize: username="root"
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:53 -0600] write_file: 7 file=14
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:55 -0600] cupsdCloseClient: 9
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:55 -0600] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [08/Apr/2008:11:13:55 -0600] cupsdCloseClient: 11
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:46 pm    Post subject: SOLVED Reply with quote

okay - lot's of research found the answer.

Issue 4: The "/dev/usb/lp0" device node is deleted after using HPLIP.


The "/dev/usb/lp0" device node is created by usblp. HPLIP does not use usblp, instead HPLIP uses libusb. Libusb uses the "/dev/bus/usb/xxx/xxx" device node instead of the "/dev/usb/lp0" device node.


Since usblp and libusb cannot claim the the same usb device, any HPLIP device I/O usage (ie: scanning, printing or faxing) will remove usblp from the "/dev/usb/lp0" device node. Once usblp has been removed from the device node, the device node is deleted and cannot be restored except by another UDEV plug-n-play event.


If you are using CUPS this means in general you should always use the HPLIP's "hp" backend (ie: "hp:/usb/...") instead of the standard CUPS "usb" backend (ie: "usb://...").

The "hp" backend will always use the libusb device node. If you try to use the "usb" backend the "/dev/usb/lp0" device node may not be available.

So, anyone using an hp printer that also prints photos will have this problem. here is how the uri would look:

hp:/usb/Photosmart_C5200_series?serial=MY776CG1BT04XQ

My other p-rinters have no problems. The things I do for my wife.

Sorry Gerasimos, for using the bug word Embarassed
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well cups should recognize hp socket if you have started /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip.
I just take a look at SMS-1.3.7 (no X) and notice that foomatic failed, I'll check on that.
I don't believe that SMS it's a bug free distro, so don't worry Smile

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Even though I got the printer to work, I tried to start '/etc/rc.d/rc.hplip'.

I get a Permission denied msg.

Is something wrong?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What are the permissions. Try to make it executable with
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What are the permissions?
Try to make it executable with
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

changing the permissions worked for starting the script. But it fails with this msg:

Starting hpiod:
Starting hpssd:
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a)
Services and Status Daemon ver. 9.1

Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

can't lock /var/run/hpssd.pid, running daemon's pid may be 3544
[FAILED]
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

try to delete /var/run/hpssd.pid

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that worked!

I sure wish I knew all this crap. Sad

thanks
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