Re: [hpoj-devel] Driver probllem with PSC 2510

[Cory M. <cor...@hp...>]

So you do have CUPS setup. What device URI are you using? It should be
should be something like mlc:usb://

Also, you may need to emerge the foomatic and ghostscript systems if you
haven't down that already.

Cory

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 08:15, Ed Wildgoose wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 
> 
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