On Mon 18 Mar 2019 at 15:05:43 +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 17.03.2019 23:09, Markos wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am having problems with my HP Laserjet 1020 printer installed in > > Debian 9 "Stretch". > > I installed the drivers from: http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/ > > > > ||bash$ | wget |-O | /|foo2zjs.tar.gz > > http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz|/| > > ||bash$ | tar |-xzvf | /|foo2zjs.tar.gz |/| > > ||bash$ | cd /|foo2zjs |/| > > ||bash$ | make | > > ||bash$ | ./getweb 1020 | > > > > and > > > > ||bash# | make /|install |/| > > ||bash# | make /|install-hotplug > > |/| > > > > ... > > > > It worked normally for about 5 years, but suddenly started the > > following problem: > > > > When I print multiple pages, it prints only the first page and pulls a > > second blank sheet until the half of the sheet and stops. > > > > To remove the sheet I need to turn off, remove the toner cartridge and > > pull the sheet. > > > > Any tip about what may be the cause of this problem? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Markos > > > > > > > Why not use officially supported driver from HP [1] [2], instead of so > me fishy package that states "DON'T USE the foo2zjs package from: * > Debian *" on their website. > At least you can expect from HP driver to work as intended, because your > printer model is supported. I didn't used it myself, but it looks > promising and at least sane thing to try. > And if printer still won't work normally, well I've suspected a hardware > problem from the very beginning. It could be a wear on some small parts > in paper feeding area and/or some sensor is triggering during printing > procedure. > One way to test if printer itself is working, is to print a few test > pages from printer itself, without connection to a computer(or network > in case of printer with NIC). > > [1] https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip > [2] > https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/install/install/index
The advice is good but is there a good reason to advocate installing hplip from source rather than from the stretch package? -- Brian.
