hpijs/hplip, foomatic-rip, and CUPS 1.2.0

Tue Jul 18 02:00:42 UTC 2006

Anthony Agelastos wrote:
>
> On Jul 17, 2006, at 8:04 PM, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
>
>> Anthony Agelastos wrote:
>>> On Jul 16, 2006, at 11:19 PM, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anthony Agelastos wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:08 PM, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anthony Agelastos wrote:
>>>>>>> On Jul 16, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>>>>>>>> For future reference, please don't post to both -ports and 
>>>>>>>> -questions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for this clarification.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anthony Agelastos wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone out there have network printing working with 
>>>>>>>>> hpijs/hplip and
>>>>>>>>> CUPS 1.2.0?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes. You need to follow the instructions at
>>>>>>>> file:///usr/local/share/doc/hplip-0.9.11/install/step4/cups/net.html 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do not think I explained my situation very well. This printer 
>>>>>>> (hp LaserJet 1160Le) is connected directly to my FreeBSD server 
>>>>>>> via USB. If I print something logged on the server (via lp for 
>>>>>>> instance), it prints. I wish to print to this printer from all 
>>>>>>> of the computers on my LAN. When I try to print something from 
>>>>>>> one of these computers, that is when it bombs and displays the 
>>>>>>> foomatic-rip error message (foomatic-rip failed).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The directions on that sheet appear to be if I wanted to print 
>>>>>>> to this network printer that wasn't directly connected to the 
>>>>>>> FreeBSD server. Am I mistaken about this? Also, there is no 
>>>>>>> button on the printer that will print such a page, so I would 
>>>>>>> have to figure out how to find this IP address by other means. I 
>>>>>>> cannot see how to find it in the CUPS web interface. I assume 
>>>>>>> CUPS issues it an IP address.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The error_log that I have posted on previous threads is attached 
>>>>>>> to this email (the successful print jobs were done locally while 
>>>>>>> the error occurred when I printed to the printer from my MacBook 
>>>>>>> Pro). Does anyone have any suggestions? I should note that prior 
>>>>>>> to the CUPS upgrade to 1.2.0 (and the recent gnutls update), my 
>>>>>>> setup was working (I was able to print from the server itself as 
>>>>>>> well as all of the rest of the computers on my LAN). I have 
>>>>>>> rebuilt all packages several times (except for the OS).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On my MacBook Pro, when I go to the CUPS web interface, I see 
>>>>>>> the following for the printer:
>>>>>>> hp_LaserJet_1160Le at 192.168.0.3    HP LaserJet 1160 
>>>>>>> Foomatic/hpijs (recommended)       Description: hp LaserJet 1160Le
>>>>>>> Location: Den
>>>>>>> Printer State: idle, accepting jobs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 192.168.0.3 is the IP address of my FreeBSD server on my LAN. It 
>>>>>>> looks as if Mac OS X 10.4.7 runs CUPS 1.1.23, but I could be 
>>>>>>> mistaken. It has found the printer through Bonjour (zeroconf I 
>>>>>>> believe is another name for it), so I didn't have to do any 
>>>>>>> configuring. Could there be an incompatibility within these 
>>>>>>> versions of CUPS? I have found the following page which lists 
>>>>>>> several issues and talks about how CUPS 1.2.0 is broken in 
>>>>>>> several places. Could one of these be the issue?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42391
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On a sidenote, I was having difficulties installing hpijs when 
>>>>>>>>> hplip was
>>>>>>>>> already installed
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm working on that.
>>>>>>> Thank you for your assistance on this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Doug
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> You need to restart CUPS when the printer "attaches" via USB or 
>>>>>> else CUPS won't know about the USB port and you'll get this error 
>>>>>> every time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just did a /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart and then printed 
>>>>> something from my laptop. Same error.
>>>>> dell# lpstat -t
>>>>> scheduler is running
>>>>> no system default destination
>>>>> device for Create_PDF: cups-pdf:/
>>>>> device for hp_LaserJet_1160Le: /dev/ulpt0
>>>>> Create_PDF accepting requests since Sun Jun 25 11:27:52 2006
>>>>> hp_LaserJet_1160Le accepting requests since Sun Jul 16 22:36:15 2006
>>>>> printer Create_PDF is idle.  enabled since Sun Jun 25 11:27:52 2006
>>>>> printer hp_LaserJet_1160Le is idle.  enabled since Sun Jul 16 
>>>>> 22:36:15 2006
>>>>>         /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed
>>>>> hp_LaserJet_1160Le-30   iqgrande          7168   Sun Jul 16 
>>>>> 22:36:02 2006
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> jmc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> What are the permissions/ownership on /dev/ulpt0?
>>>>
>>>> jmc
>>>
>>> %ls -l /dev/ulpt0
>>> crw-rw----  1 root  cups    0,  68 Jul 16 22:36 /dev/ulpt0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Same as I have.  CUPS works for me if I restart it after the USB 
>> printer attaches.  If I don't restart it, then I get the same error 
>> you're reporting.
>>
>> jmc
>
> I wonder what the difference is between our machines. What printer do 
> you use (and drivers)?
>
>
>
Printer:  HP OfficeJet All-In-One Model 4215
Driver:  HPIJS HP OfficeJet series 4200

jmc