And that reminds me - check the status of the printer using CUPS.
Sometimes these HP printers 'stop' on their own... I had a nasty time
with them.
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I had successfully set up an HP Laserjet 1000 some time ago. You need
to download the firmware and 'cat' it to the device whenever you plug
the printer in (or switch it on). The printer will not function
otherwise. Instead of manually uploading the firmware each time - you
can set up hotplug to
Sudev Barar wrote:
Ram,
There are few printers from HP that run under Linux but need
initialising when powered on. HP1005/1010 are two such printers. I
do not remember the URL for this information but linuxprinting.org
site gave me the work around and as long as the printer remains
*Are you suggesting that I do this*
cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1005.dl /dev/usb/lp0
Simply issue the command given above once you plug-in the printer, and
hotplug detects/initializes that a USB printer has been plugged-in.
After you uploaded the firmware the printer should make some
Saurabh Nanda wrote:
Simply issue the command given above once you plug-in the printer, and
hotplug detects/initializes that a USB printer has been plugged-in.
After you uploaded the firmware the printer should make some whirring
noises and some LEDs should blink. If that is happening you
On 10/12/05, Saurabh Nanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*Are you suggesting that I do this*
cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1005.dl /dev/usb/lp0
Simply issue the command given above once you plug-in the printer, and
hotplug detects/initializes that a USB printer has been plugged-in.
After
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Hi,
We have a HP 1005 Laserjet printer - which supposedly speaks only PCL 5
().
check this hp linux printing website - http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/
fairly well documented and stable drivers I used this site
hi,
this is a good place to start.
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html#linuxprintingcomponents
I know it talks about shared windows printers but the
concept is same. You need to use cups along with the
proper .ppd file for your printer model.
--- gaurav
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
We have a HP 1005 Laserjet printer - which supposedly speaks only PCL 5
().
Hi,
We have an old HP Ljet2100 that speaks PCL5 and it works
perfectly with Foomatic/ljet4 driver installed in linux machine
that has cupsd running in it.
The exact setup is that
