On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, ynon wrote:

> I saw no problem in /proc/bus/usb/devices - but I will put here its contents
> just in case.

Where is it?

> I don't think my problem is in the driver, because the problem is that
the
> printer's not responding at all. (I think if it was a driver problem, I would
> still hear some action from the printer).
> The light is on, and the printer is detected in the /proc/bus/usb/devices, and
> when I plug it in and out I see a message in dmesg regarding it, but that's
> about it ...
> In any case, as I mentioned, I have already tried installing the driver for
> both cups and lpd - with no success (both couldn't print).
>
> P.S.
> Should the echo "hello" > /dev/usb/lp0 work ? or does the hp 3420 has special
> codes that should be sent to it before it prints ?

Could be. Some printers are like that. What happens when you do that?

>
>       Ynon
>
>
> On Friday 13 June 2003 17:40, you wrote:
> > The 2.0 vrs 1.1 shouldn't cause a problem. Has the printer driver bound to
> > the device (you can tell from /proc/bus/usb/devices)? Also, what happens
> > when try to print? If you've not read;
> >
> > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_3420
> >
> > you probably should.
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, ynon wrote:
> > > Dear List
> > > I have purchased an Hp Deskjet 3420 printer, and tried to configure it
> > > for working with linux.
> > > The problem is I am not able to print anything (I have tried cups, lpd,
> > > and even echo "hello" > /dev/usb/lp0).
> > >
> > > The configurations steps I took were to recompile the kernel to support
> > > usb (now I can see the printer in usbview) and installed hpijs (the hp
> > > server for ghostscript).
> > > I also noticed that usbview reports this printer as a USB 2.00 printer,
> > > and my motherboard supports only USB version 1.1. Is there a way to load
> > > the printer as a USB 1.1 printer ? will it help ?
> > > Looking forward for helpful ideas
> > >   ynon
> > >
> > >
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