Print problems FC7

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jul 26 14:13:02 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 10:10 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> Since updates yesterday including the latest kernel my printer is off 
> line,I have tried the following without success
> 
> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo /usr/share/hplip/setup
> 
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a)
> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 4.5
> 
> 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.
> 
> error: hplip-gui not installed.  GUI not available. Exiting.
> error: PyQt init failed. Reverting to interactive mode.
> error: No devices found.
> error: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting.
> 
> [david at reddwarf ~]$ /usr/share/hplip/probe
> 
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a)
> Printer Discovery Utility ver. 3.2
> 
> 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.
> 
> warning: No devices found on the 'usb' bus. If this isn't the result you 
> are expecting,
> warning: check to make sure your devices are properly connected and 
> powered on.
> 
> Restarting "service hplip restart" worked but 'print screen' gives me 
> nothing.
> 
>  What do I need to do now please
> does the
>  Thanks   david
>  
I need an explanation of off-line. What does the cups web pages say
about the printer? Does it indicate that you can start the printer? If
it does then start the printer. That worked for me.
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