Re: problems with HP g55 using usb on RH 7.2

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:53:27 -0600
"Alan Mead" <admead insightbb com> blurted:

> I cannot claim much expertise in the area of printing, symlinking
> libraries, etc.  I have an HP OfficeJet g55 printer that I have used
> with Windows and now would like to use with my Red Hat 7.2 system. 
> Even though this is an OfficeJet, the hpoj.sourceforge.net site seems
> to say that the DJ9xx driver is optimal for this printer and contains
> a link back to the hpinkjet site(but see below how I've tried and
> failed to get the hpoj drivers installed). I'm attempting to
> install/configure it using printtool as a USB printer. printtool finds
> it on /dev/usb/lp0 so I have been using that location.  I've tried
> installing it as a 'local printer' using each of the three possible
> drivers (hpijs,cdj550, pct3).  I have installed these updates from Red
> Hat:
> 
> foomatic-1.1-0.20011218.3.i386.rpm
> ghostscript-6.51-16.i386.rpm
> hpijs-0.97-1.i386.rpm
> hpijs-0.97-1.rh7.i386.rpm
> Omni-0.5.0-4.i386.rpm
> Omni-foomatic-0.5.0-4.i386.rpm
> printconf-0.3.61-3.i386.rpm
> printconf-gui-0.3.61-3.i386.rpm
> ucd-snmp-4.2.3-1.7.2.3.i386.rpm
> 
> I have not installed ghostscript-hpijs-5.50-5.rh7.i386.rpm because it
> has a lot of files that conflict with ghostscript 6.51.
> 
> So the problem is that it doesn't work.  I install the printer, click
> 'Apply', then print a test page (I've tried text and ASCII). 
> Apparently nothing at all happens.  All I get in my logs is:
> 
> Feb 19 14:04:33 alan hpijs: unable to set width=2550, default to page
> width=2400
> Feb 19 14:04:33 alan hpijs: unable to set outwidth=2550, default to
> page width=2400
> 
> and also:
> 
> [root alan log]# lpq -a
> Printer: g55 localhost
>  Queue: no printable jobs in queue
>  Status: job 'cfA403localhost.localdomain' removed at 14:04:35.469
> 
> Again, I don't know much about trouble-shooting printer problems.  In
> my few past brushes with printers, they worked without any hassle. 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> I did receive the advice that the g55 requires the OfficeJet drivers
> but I cannot get that rpm to install.  I get a message about a missing
> library::
> 
> [root alan amead]# rpm -Uvh hpoj-0.8-1rh7.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libsnmp-0.4.2.so   is needed by hpoj-0.8-1
> 
> But I have ucd-snmp-4.2.3 installed which seems to provide
> libsnmp.so.0.4.2. I figured maybe I should recompile from source but
> then I get:
> 
> [root alan amead]# ls -l /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hpoj.spec
> -rw-------    1 root     root         2760 Aug 10  2001
> /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hpoj.spec
> [root alan amead]# rpm --rebuild /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hpoj.spec
> /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hpoj.spec: No such file or directory
> 
> Sorry for the length.  Any help would be appreciated!  I am posting
> here because, in theory, RH7.2 is "HP Office Jet ready" and this
> should be a snap.  I'm hoping someone can show me where I went wrong. 
> I'll also post briefly to the hpoj/hpijs lists.
> 
> -Alan Mead

You can install the driver rpm with the --replacefiles option. That
should overwrite any existing files that conflict.

I use this regularly, and, to date, I haven't had a single problem
caused by doing it. YMMV as always because my not having a problem isn't
the same as saying nobody will have one.

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