On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:43:33PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > A "bog-standard Laserjet" is, IMHO, a printing machine that is > connected through a parallel port and which speaks PCL. The 1012 > is neither, as far as I could find out (USB, and speaking some > restricted dialect of PCL only). Crowning itself with the > "Laserjet" label must be something of a marketing trick. But don't > worry, this thing most likely will work with Linux (see also > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1012)
It works great with Linux. HP offers official, open-source support. It worked fine with CUPS until about two months ago, when Debian upgrades broke something that hasn't been fixed. > In the first place, you must have USB printer support enabled in > your kernel. I have this in my hand-rolled kernel. With stock > kernels there may be some module that you have to specify in > /etc/modules. This may cure your problems with CUPS as well as > with lprng [NOTE: both are *fine* systems! I just happen to think > that CUPS is bloated and horribly complicated, but this is just a > matter of taste!]. You must then tell lprng (i.e. > magicfilterconfig) that your printer is connected to /dev/usb/lp0: > (I do not know what you should tell CUPS, because I do not use it). Again, I can print to the 1012 fine, except that CUPS sometimes dies and refuses to restart, and I have to purge and reinstall it. USB printer support is there and works and it's fine. I'll try telling lprng about /dev/usb/lp0, and also I'll file a bug against cupsys for broken docs. Thanks. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
