Next step was to install foomatic-db-hpijs After that the proper set printer appeared "automagiclly" in System->Administration->Printer Settings
The problem is that it's not working if you restart system with started printer. I.e. error message from hp-firmaware HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.8.7) Firmware Download Utility ver. 1.1 Copyright (c) 2001-8 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. Using device: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4 error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=KP28TX4 error: Error opening device (Device not found). Exiting. and dmesg: [ 618.508495] type=1503 audit(1234744567.807:5): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" fsuid=7 name="/dev/tty" pid=5826 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" [ 623.992230] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hpijs rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 [ 653.774576] type=1503 audit(1234744603.071:6): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" fsuid=7 name="/dev/tty" pid=5891 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" [ 657.588130] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hp rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 [ 658.888164] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hpijs rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 [ 681.984069] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd python rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 [ 686.984112] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd python rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 [ 692.284107] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd python rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 [ 692.592054] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hp rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 [ 727.760205] usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hp rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -110 -- The HP 1018 printer is not supported in Ubuntu 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
