Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-20 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sat, 15 May 2021, Ger van Dijck wrote: Try hp-setup and hp-check [liveuser@localhost ~]$ hp-setup -i HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.15.9) Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0 Copyright (c) 2001-15 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-20 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Fri, 14 May 2021, Frank Cox wrote: The exact test of the output from hp-probe -busb -g is [liveuser@localhost ~]$ hp-probe -busb -g HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.15.9) Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1 Copyright (c) 2001-15 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-18 Thread Robert Heller
It also might be time to just replace the printer. Inkjet printers are built to be thrown away after a *few* years (even HPs), and are rarely worth the time and effort to "repair". At Tue, 18 May 2021 11:43:50 -0500 (CDT) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > I suspect that my friend does not

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-18 Thread Michael Hennebry
I suspect that my friend does not want me working on her printer any more. If she asks, I will tell her that changing the cartidges might work, but that I am dubious. -- Michael henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-15 Thread J Martin Rushton via CentOS
On 15/05/2021 14:27, Valeri Galtsev wrote: On May 15, 2021, at 5:22 AM, Robert Heller wrote: HP printers are bitchy about using non-HP branded ink carts (or tonor carts). HP is very interested in extracting their "pound of flesh" for all eternity. They are not the worst I’ve seen.

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-15 Thread Valeri Galtsev
> On May 15, 2021, at 5:22 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Fri, 14 May 2021 22:22:24 -0500 (CDT) CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> >> With the Deskjet D1420 disconnected, hp-probe >> finds no USB printers (duh). >> With the Deskjet D1420 connected, hp-probe >> finds it. >> hp-testpage

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-15 Thread Ger van Dijck
Op Sat, 15 May 2021 05:22:24 +0200 schreef Michael Hennebry : With the Deskjet D1420 disconnected, hp-probe finds no USB printers (duh). With the Deskjet D1420 connected, hp-probe finds it. hp-testpage produces error: Unable to communicate with printer Deskjet-D1400-series. Please check

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-15 Thread Ger van Dijck
Op Sat, 15 May 2021 05:22:24 +0200 schreef Michael Hennebry : With the Deskjet D1420 disconnected, hp-probe finds no USB printers (duh). With the Deskjet D1420 connected, hp-probe finds it. hp-testpage produces error: Unable to communicate with printer Deskjet-D1400-series. Please check

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-15 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 14 May 2021 22:22:24 -0500 (CDT) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > With the Deskjet D1420 disconnected, hp-probe > finds no USB printers (duh). > With the Deskjet D1420 connected, hp-probe > finds it. > hp-testpage produces > error: Unable to communicate with printer

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-14 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 14 May 2021 22:22:24 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: > With the Deskjet D1420 disconnected, hp-probe > finds no USB printers (duh). > With the Deskjet D1420 connected, hp-probe > finds it. The exact test of the output from hp-probe -busb -g is The output from hp-testpage

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-14 Thread Michael Hennebry
With the Deskjet D1420 disconnected, hp-probe finds no USB printers (duh). With the Deskjet D1420 connected, hp-probe finds it. hp-testpage produces error: Unable to communicate with printer Deskjet-D1400-series. Please check the printer and try again. Note that hp-probe found it.

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-13 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 13 May 2021 13:29:19 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: > The first link got me to something that was Windows-only. The first link should have got you page 34 of the user manual, which states that you need a program to access the print test page function. According to the manual,

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-13 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Thu, 13 May 2021, Frank Cox wrote: According to the manual you need to use the "HP Toolbox" to access the test page function (and other stuff). https://www.manualsdir.com/manuals/398954/hp-deskjet-d1420-printer.html?page=36 http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/hp-toolbox.1.html

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-13 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 13 May 2021 12:02:48 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: > If this machine has a menu anywhere, I cannot find it. > Print test page from localost:631 gives me the same unending print. According to the manual you need to use the "HP Toolbox" to access the test page function (and other

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-13 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Thu, 13 May 2021, Valeri Galtsev wrote: On 5/13/21 11:51 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: In an attempt to diagnose a friend's HP Deskjet D1420, I'm running a Centos 6.10 LiveDVD. The readily visible symptom is that it will accept a job and claim to be printing it, but nothing ever gets printed,

Re: [CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-13 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On 5/13/21 11:51 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: In an attempt to diagnose a friend's HP Deskjet D1420, I'm running a Centos 6.10 LiveDVD. The readily visible symptom is that it will accept a job and claim to be printing it, but nothing ever gets printed, not even a test page. The same happens on

[CentOS] non-functioning printer

2021-05-13 Thread Michael Hennebry
In an attempt to diagnose a friend's HP Deskjet D1420, I'm running a Centos 6.10 LiveDVD. The readily visible symptom is that it will accept a job and claim to be printing it, but nothing ever gets printed, not even a test page. The same happens on her Ubuntu system. I recently learned that a