This is really too bad because Mandrake 9 has the drivers for all the newest HP deskjets. Printing is a pain to set up yourself. I tried getting a 5550 to work with redhat a couple months ago without any luck, and I was working at the division of HP that makes those printers. I talked to the guy who wrote the hpijs driver face to face and he wasn't able to help me much. He was kinda busy at the time...Anyway, good luck. Let me know what you find out.
Bryan On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 20:31, James Nickerson wrote: > I've just hit the point where my frustration and inexperience overcome > my pride and innovative ability, in trying to get my printer working. > linuxprinting.org seems to be the main authority and source/link to > related software, but no matter what I've tried I've been met with > failure. I'm trying to get my HP Deskjet 3820 to work with my RedHat 8 > installation. Native redhat doesn't even get close when it comes to > configuring the printer -- thinks its a 950C or something, though it > supposedly does pick the hpijs driver which is reported to be the most > appropriate for my printer as well. Foomatic looks like the simplest > solution, but after installing cups and foomatic I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] iacov]# foomatic-configure -s cups -n DJ3820 -c file:/dev/lp0 > -p HP-DeskJet_3820 -d hpijs-rss -o PageSize=A4 > lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused > Could not set up/change the queue "DJ3820"! > > Here's the info from foomatic-configure O | less: > > <printer> > <id>HP-DeskJet_3820</id> > <make>HP</make> > <model>DeskJet 3820</model> > <functionality>A</functionality> > <driver>hpijs-rss</driver> > <autodetect> > <!--no known parport probe information--></autodetect> > <drivers> > <driver>hpijs</driver> > <driver>hpijs-rss</driver> > </drivers> > </printer> > > Any tips or ideas are appreciated > > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
