The first place to look for printing help is Grant Taylor's excellent http://www.linuxprinting.org site. Unfortunately, it doesn't give any complete solutions for this printer, but there are some suggestions there. I would recommend installing the latest (non-free) gs-aladdin, plus lprng and magicfilter. You might want to experiment with a few of the Deskjet filters in magicfilter to see which works best for you. Since this is a PCL-3 printer, you should get some correct output, but you will probably not get the full performance advertised.
Also, check the HP web site for any available drivers. Other possibilities include gimp-print and CUPS. I don't know how well they would support this printer. Bob On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 04:35:39AM +0000, K. Matthew Victor wrote: > "K. Matthew Victor" wrote: > > > "K. Matthew Victor" wrote: > > > > > Please give me a hand straightening this muddle up. > > > I need to figure out how to get the printer daemon back up and working. > > > (1): Storm Linux 2000- upgraded with Debian 2.2r2 from CD-ROMs from Mr > > > "O's Linux using apt-get -cdrom to build the sources.list (this went > > > very smoothly, and I've been running it for 3+ weeks). > > > (2): I have to change my printer driver for a new HP1220cse DeskJet- so > > > I first used printtool which worked to print the test pages, but did not > > > update /etc/printcap. So I tried to use the Storm SAS which does not > > > list the HP1220, therefore I attempted to use the HP1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > It started to print garbage on 30+ sheets. > > > (3): Since I could not remember the kill command for the printer spool > > > que I issued lpq as root. It definitely stopped the show!! > > > (4): Several reboots later, issuing lpq status as user returns "no > > > daemon present". Though a look at the scrolling status as boot up > > > proceeds shows "starting lpd done". > > > (5): Attempting to print a file at the command line : less > > > /var/log/dmesg |lpr (lpr: connect: Connection refused jobs qued , > > > but cannot start daemon. > > > (6): My old printer is no longer avail. to me (reassigned to a different > > > facility), it was an HP LaserJet 1100. > > > Thank you in advance. K. Matthew Victor > > > > PS. lpc start does not do the trick. > > I'll root around the Running Linux book and snoop around in the man pages a > > bit. > > tia, K. Matthew Victor. > > I sure could use some suggestions here. Is it possible that I accidently > removed the local print daemon? TIA, Matt >
