[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#469177: hplip: hp-setup generates wrong URL which results in open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds...

[Elias Gerber]

Package: hplip
Version: 1.6.10-3etch1
Severity: normal

Hello

Maybe this is already fixed in a newer version, but I decided to report 
it anyway as it coasted me some time to figure out what went wrong, and 
I didnt see a report about this problem.

I installed a HP LaserJet 4050N with the hp-setup tool, provided by 
hplip. The printer is connected via Jet-Direct.
When trying to print a testpage from cups, cups tells me:

"open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds..."

Looking at syslog, I saw the following:

hpiod: invalid model HP_LaserJet_4050_Series != HP_LaserJet_4050_Series_ 
JetdirectDevice::Open

Back to cups, I modified the printer, and changed the printer URL from

hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_4050_Series?ip=192.168.1.100 

to

hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_4050_Series_?ip=192.168.1.100 

Now the printer is working fine.

I hope this can help someone to save some time :)

Elias Gerber

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-20080216
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages hplip depends on:
ii  adduser                3.102             Add and remove users and groups
ii  coreutils              5.97-5.3          The GNU core utilities
ii  cupsys                 1.2.7-4etch2      Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  hplip-data             1.6.10-3etch1     HP Linux Printing and Imaging - da
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcupsys2             1.2.7-4etch2      Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libgcc1                1:4.1.1-21        GCC support library
ii  libsnmp9               5.2.3-7etch2      NET SNMP (Simple Network Managemen
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8c-4etch1     SSL shared libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.1.1-21          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4           2:0.1.12-5        userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base               3.1-23.2etch1     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  python                 2.4.4-2           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-qt3             3.16-1.2          Qt3 bindings for Python
ii  python-support         0.5.6             automated rebuilding support for p

Versions of packages hplip recommends:
ii  cupsys-client       1.2.7-4etch2         Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  hpijs               2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs
ii  hpijs-ppds          2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HP
ii  linuxprinting.org-p 20061031-1           linuxprinting.org printer support 
ii  python-reportlab    2.0dfsg-1            ReportLab library to create PDF do

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