[hpoj-devel] Driver probllem with PSC 2510

[Ed W. <ed...@wi...>]

Hi, I'm tearing my hair out trying to get my new HP PSC 2510 working.  
Print jobs just keep saying "Aborted"...

Basically, I have loaded hpoj 1.5 and hpij 0.91 (ie latest of each). 
- Basic communication seems to work over both network and USB (although 
there are some gremlins...). 
- Scanning works through xsane both over the network and over USB.
- I can send stuff to the printer with "echo somefile.txt | ptal-print" 
and after a bit of a pause it pops out.

I then tried CUPS, restarted it, etc, added a new printer on both USB 
and network, choose the "PSC 2500 hpis" driver option from the bottom of 
the list. 

Then I click print test page, and nothing happens.  I check the 
completed jobs page, and it reports that the job was "aborted"...  This 
happens on both network and USB, and if I try to print a real print job 
as well.

Can anyone please help me track this one down!  I need a few clues as to 
how to debug this further.  It would seem that either there is a problem 
with my print driver, or else an issue with the connection from CUPS to 
ptal-print?  Can I work out which? 

Did I need to do anything else during install?  Basically I am running 
gentoo, so I just did "emerge hpoj", and it appears to have auto 
generated all the ppd files.  Is this something to check though?

Any help gratefully appreciated

Ed W

P.S. I tried in CUPS adding a jet-direct connection to the printer (ie 
not using the hpjd: device), this still gives the same symptoms.  Does 
this point to a problem with the print driver?