Help with a printer

2010-06-19 Thread JD
I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many years and it has been totally trouble free. Recently, after an automatic update, the printer prints garbage. I have asked for help from openprinting in their forum, and it seems this forum is not very active, so no responses. I have tried all of the PP

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-19 Thread Steve Searle
Around 10:01pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), JD scrawled: > I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many > years and it has been totally trouble free. > Recently, after an automatic update, the printer > prints garbage. Does it print short, fat horizontal lines? -- (o< www.steves

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-19 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 02:54 PM, Steve Searle was caught red-handed while writing:: > Around 10:01pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), JD scrawled: > > >> I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many >> years and it has been totally trouble free. >> Recently, after an automatic update, the printe

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-20 Thread Mika Kuusela
On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 14:01 -0700, JD wrote: > I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many > years and it has been totally trouble free. > Recently, after an automatic update, the printer > prints garbage. > I have asked for help from openprinting in their > forum, and it seems this forum is not

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/19/2010 06:43 PM, JD wrote: > > On 06/19/2010 02:54 PM, Steve Searle was caught red-handed while writing:: > >> Around 10:01pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), JD scrawled: >> >> >> >>> I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many >>> years and it has been totally trouble fr

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-20 Thread JD
On 06/20/2010 12:43 AM, Mika Kuusela was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 14:01 -0700, JD wrote: > >> I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many >> years and it has been totally trouble free. >> Recently, after an automatic update, the printer >> prints garbage. >>

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-20 Thread JD
On 06/20/2010 05:08 AM, Jerry Feldman was caught red-handed while writing:: > On 06/19/2010 06:43 PM, JD wrote: > >> On 06/19/2010 02:54 PM, Steve Searle was caught red-handed while writing:: >> >> >>> Around 10:01pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), JD scrawled: >>> >>> >>> >>>

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-20 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 06:33 -0700, JD wrote: > Where is the yum update history kept? In /var/log/yum.log, and most of the other logs you'll find are inside /var/log/, too. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-21 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 02:01 PM, JD was caught red-handed while writing:: I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many years and it has been totally trouble free. Recently, after an automatic update, the printer prints garbage. I have asked for help from openprinting in their forum, and it seems this fo

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-21 Thread Roger
>> I have tried all of the PPD drivers that the printer >> setup gui provides for this printer. None of them >> has helped. Printer does not have any problems >> printing under windows xp, so that rules out printer >> hardware issues. >> Hi JD The problem will more likely be not using the correc

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-21 Thread JD
On 06/21/2010 09:41 PM, Roger was caught red-handed while writing:: > > >>> I have tried all of the PPD drivers that the printer >>> setup gui provides for this printer. None of them >>> has helped. Printer does not have any problems >>> printing under windows xp, so that rules out printer

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-22 Thread Roger
> Thank you ROger. > A few minutes ago I decided to do a full update. > Lo and behold, there were just newly released packages > for foomatic, and foomatic ppd's, cups and among others > related to printing. Some required a reboot. > So I rebooted and ran system -> Administration -> Printing >

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-22 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 22:16 -0700, JD wrote: > A few minutes ago I decided to do a full update. > Lo and behold, there were just newly released packages > for foomatic, and foomatic ppd's, cups and among others > related to printing. Some required a reboot. The updated foomatic PPDs will have no

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-22 Thread JD
On 06/22/2010 04:56 AM, Tim Waugh was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 22:16 -0700, JD wrote: > >> A few minutes ago I decided to do a full update. >> Lo and behold, there were just newly released packages >> for foomatic, and foomatic ppd's, cups and among others >>

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-22 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM, JD wrote: > > > On 06/22/2010 04:56 AM, Tim Waugh was caught red-handed while writing:: > > I'm flattered that you think I am able to diagnose this problem given > > the slight information you have provided, fix it, and provide an update > > all within a week. :-