[NMLUG] Printer setup

[jmdelapp at delapp.com (Mars DeLapp)]

Just to follow up with the solution, I got my HP720c printer working.

I removed and reinstalled
cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-client, and cupsys-driver-gimpprint. I did
not think cupsys-driver-gimpprint was needed and installing it did not
help so I removed it.

After lots more reasearch I installed cupsomatic-ppd.
The following extra packages were installed:
   foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-filters foomatic-filters-ppds

I removed and reinstalled the printer to change the driver and now it works.

Somewhere along the line, etc/printcap was replaced with a new file
containing:
--------------
# This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
# /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
# will be lost.
Hp720c|:rm=comp008:rp=Hp720c:
--------------

I tried removing pnm2ppa to test if that was needed. It is needed.

Mars

Mars DeLapp wrote:
> I can't seem to get my printer to work.
> 
> I think I traced it to missing info in /etc/printcap but I have not been 
> able to figure out how to fix it.
> 
> How does the print capabilities file get set up? Is debconf supposed to 
> do it? is there a way to get debconf to reconfigure it?
> Or if editing by hand, where do I find the correct info for a HP720c?
> 
> Printer is an Deskjet HP720c
> The System is Debian testing/unstable.
> I installed cupsys and pnm2ppa.
> 
> After installing CUPS and adding the printer with
> http://localhost:631/printers
> Printing a test page indicates everything printed OK but the printer 
> does not actually print. A file gets created in /var/spool/cups but it 
> never actually prints. I get no error messages.
> 
> With the KDE print manager, I changed the printer system to lpr/lprng.
> Then printing a test message indicates it printed OK (but nothing 
> prints). And I get a pop up window that indicates Catastrophe!
> pr: unable to print file: client-error-not-found
> This led me to discover no HP720c in the /etc/printcap file.
> 
> Mars