Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 16 Sep 2015 23:43:51 Dale wrote: >> Mick wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I just noticed that the driver for my old printer no longer shows up in >>> cups, on one of my PCs. Comparison with other PCs shows that this one >>> does *not* have the hpijs USE set. >>> >>> Could someone who also does not have hpijs set in their hplip tell me if >>> the HP DeskJet 930C selection is missing, when they load up the GUI via >>> https://127.0.0.1:631 and then try to modify a printer? >>> >>> Until this week there wasn't a problem with this PC so I am not sure what >>> changed ... >>> >>> I've set it up with DeskJet 932c for now without USE=hpijs and it seems >>> to work, so I am in two minds if I need hpijs or if I need to use the >>> 930c driver anyway. >> I was going to try and test this. I try to help when ever I can. Thing >> is, the way CUPS works here, you have to have the printer connected to >> set it up. I can't find a option to set up a printer that is not >> connected during the set up process. Maybe I am missing something. o_O >> >> Maybe someone else who has that printer can test it. We hope. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > Thank you Dale, > > You don't have to complete the setup of the printer. Just select Modify > printer and 'try' to change its driver from the dropdown selection. You > don't > need to actually change it - just look in there if DeskJet 930c is listed. > Assuming of course that your hplip was compiled with USE="-hpijs". > > My 930C is a USB printer, but I have a little ethernet to USB printer server > that I access it through. This is a monodirectional lpd server, so all the > hplip GUI to report printer status is not working. It doesn't bother me as > printing is a rare occasion and all users know what to do if it runs out of > ink. > > Printing was all working fine on this PC until a couple of days ago, so I > wonder if I removed something in /etc/portage/* to cause this ...
I get the same option just trying to modify my current printer. It doesn't list anything, it just shows the printer I currently have set up. Even if I tell it I want to add another printer, it still shows my current printer. I can't find a way to get it to list them. Maybe it is a setting somewhere that I have that makes mine work different. Dale :-) :-)
