I hope it is ok to post this in here, the packages are the same in Debian. Here is what I've done to get my HP Deskjet 960c color inkjet printer working in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake):
Booted up, hooked my printer up to the parallel port and powered it on, added paper, printer's green light is on. I then went to System -> Administration -> Printing Clicked on New Printer and it ran gnome-cups-add and read the printer database Then the Add a Printer dialog box says: Step 1 of 3: Printer Connection Printer Type: local printer Use a detected printer: HP DESKJET_960C It has in Printer Port: (greyed out so I can't change it): hp:/par/DESKJET_960C?device=/dev/parport0 (HP DESKJET_960C) So it detected my correct printer. Then I went Forward to: Step 2 of 3: Printer Driver Manufacturer: HP Model: Deskjet 960C Driver: hpijs (recommended) - HPLIP 0.9.7 (Suggested) There is a green dot after this showing it is installed. Then I went Forward to: Step 3 of 3: Printer Information Name: Deskjet Description: HP-DESKJET Location: home So after I filled those in I clicked Apply. But when I go back to the Printers control panel I don't see any printer in there. It just says has the New Printer icon to create a new printer. It should have created the printer I setup. And when I try to print it said in the console: lpr: Error - no default destination available. So apparently it is not setting it up :-( I checked the log files and only thing I saw possibly relevant was in /var/log/syslog: Dec 31 01:18:29 ubuntu kernel: [4498844.439000] lp0: ECP mode Dec 31 01:18:30 ubuntu kernel: [4498844.757000] lp0: ECP mode Dec 31 01:18:33 ubuntu kernel: [4498847.541000] ppdev0: registered pardevice Dec 31 01:18:33 ubuntu kernel: [4498847.570000] ppdev0: negotiated back to compatibility mode because user-space forgot Dec 31 01:18:33 ubuntu kernel: [4498847.570000] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice Dec 31 01:18:36 ubuntu kernel: [4498851.283000] lp0: ECP mode I verified I have the correct drivers installed: ubu...@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l|grep hplip ii hplip 0.9.7-4ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) ii hplip-data 0.9.7-4ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files ii hplip-ppds 0.9.7-4ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - PPD files ubu...@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l|grep hpijs ii foomatic-db-hpijs 1.5-20060318-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - database ii hpijs 2.1.7+0.9.7-4ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS drive Is there a way I can manually force it to try and print using the drivers? It should work, I followed all the steps yet it never creates an entry for my printer :-( What is wrong? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org