Hello, On Jul 20 15:37 Paul van der Vlis wrote (shortened): > jet2:/home/paul# lpinfo -l -v ... > Device: uri = hp:/par/hp_LaserJet_2300_series?device=/dev/parport0 > class = direct > info = HP LaserJet 2300 series LPT parport0 HPLIP > make-and-model = HP LaserJet 2300 series
When according to http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/laser.html the parallel port is not supported for the LaserJet 2300, then it is a bug in HPLIP that the hp backend announces the device via parallel port nevertheless. > Device: uri = usb://HP/LaserJet%202300%20series > class = direct > info = hp LaserJet 2300 series USB #1 > make-and-model = hp LaserJet 2300 series Did you try out this DeviceURI? Perhaps only the "hp" backend fails via USB but the generic CUPS "usb" backend works? > Device: uri = hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_2300_series?serial=CNCGK07727 > class = direct > info = HP LaserJet 2300 series USB CNCGK07727 HPLIP > make-and-model = HP LaserJet 2300 series This DeviceURI does not work for you. > Device: uri = parallel:/dev/lp0 > class = direct > info = LPT #1 > make-and-model = Unknown Regardless that the generic CUPS parallel backend fails to autodetect the device, this DeviceURI works for you. By the way: Perhaps it is a general problem in CUPS 1.2 that its parallel backend fails to autodetect the device, see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=264771#c12 starting at comment #12 up to comment #18. > I did use what CUPS presented me. That's: > hp:/par/hp_LaserJet_2300_series?device=/dev/parport0 > But this does not work on that computer. I expect it will work on > another computer. When according to http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/laser.html the parallel port is not supported by HPLIP for the LaserJet 2300, then the "hp" backend may not work on any computer via the parallel port and then it is a bug in HPLIP that the hp backend announces the device via parallel port nevertheless. > This does work: > parallel:/dev/lp0 What I try to point out is that this should even work when you select a PPD file which uses the hpijs driver, e.g. something like "HP LaserJet 2300 Foomatic/hpijs". Of course, as you wrote, the traditional Ghostscript driver "ljet4" for PCL5e printers also works ("HP LaserJet 2300 Foomatic/ljet4"). Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
