[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#630556: Solved

Kingsley G. Morse Jr. kingsley at loaner.com
Fri Aug 19 04:42:17 UTC 2011


I'm happy to report that I seem to have found a
way for my HP Color LaserJet 2550L to work with
version 1.4.8-2 of cups.

I basically 

    a.) deleted the existing printer at Cups'
    administration web page, and 
    
    b.) added it back with the utility named
    "hp-setup".


Here are details:

1.) I opened a web browser (Iceweasel) and pointed
it at Cups' administration port on localhost

    localhost:<port>

2.) I clicked on Administration->Manage
Printers->hp_color_LaserJet_2550->Administration->Delete
Printer

3.) I clicked on the "Home" tab at
localhost:<port>. I don't know if this step was
necessary, but I mention it to be complete.

4.) In an xterm(inal) as the root user, I ran

        $ hp-setup -b usb

    and if I recall correctly, accepted all the
    default options, including the suggested .ppd
    file.

5.) Back in localhost:<port> I clicked on
Administration->Manage
Printers->hp_color_LaserJet_2550->Maintenance->Print
Test Page.

It worked.

Printing pdf files from the viewer named "evice",
and a png file from the "gimp" also worked.


I haven't tried re-booting yet, so I do not know
if the new configuration would survive it.

Here are my versions of related software:

    cups                    1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
    cups-bsd                1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
    cups-client             1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV)
    cups-common             1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files
    cups-driver-gutenprint  5.2.7-2           printer drivers for CUPS
    cups-ppdc               1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipulation utilities
    evince                  2.32.0-1          Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer
    evince-common           2.32.0-1          Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer - common files
    ghostscript-cups        9.02~dfsg-3       interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - CUPS filters
    gimp2.0-quiteinsane     0.3-9             A Qt based SANE plugin for GIMP 2.0
    gimp                    2.6.11-3+b1       The GNU Image Manipulation Program
    gimp-data               2.6.11-3          Data files for GIMP
    gimp-data-extras        1:2.0.1-3         An extra set of brushes, palettes, and gradients for The GIMP
    gimp-gutenprint         5.2.7-2           print plugin for the GIMP
    gimp-help-common        2.6.1-1           Data files for the GIMP documentation
    gimp-help-en            2.6.1-1           Documentation for the GIMP (English)
    gutenprint-locales      5.2.7-2           locale data files for Gutenprint
    hplip                   3.11.5-2          HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
    hplip-cups              3.11.5-2          HP Linux Printing and Imaging - CUPS Raster driver (hpcups)
    hplip-data              3.11.5-2          HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
    libcups2                1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Core library
    libcupscgi1             1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - CGI library
    libcupsdriver1          1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Driver library
    libcupsimage2           1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Raster image library
    libcupsmime1            1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - MIME library
    libcupsppdc1            1.4.8-2           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipulation library
    libcupsys2              1.3.8-1lenny4.1   Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
    libevince2              2.30.3-3          Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library
    libevince3              2.32.0-1          Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library
    libgimp2.0              2.6.11-3+b1       Libraries for the GNU Image Manipulation Program
    libgimpprint1           4.2.7-2           The Gimp-Print printer driver library
    libgnomecups1.0-1       0.2.3-3+b1        GNOME library for CUPS interaction
    libgutenprint2          5.2.7-2           runtime for the Gutenprint printer driver library
    libgutenprintui2-1      5.2.7-2           runtime for the Gutenprint printer driver user interface library

I hope that helps,
Kingsley






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