Help!
After a week with no Linux printer and no response from the "Newbie"
list I hope someone here can help.
I am continuing to be caught in printer configuration problems.
I have had the most trouble in 4 YEARS of using Linux in configuring
this printer.
It is an HP 855c and has worked fine in RH 5.0,5.2,L-M 6.0, but why not
6.1-Helios
Have I lost what little Linux knowledge I thought I knew!?
I certainly dont mind admitting my ignorance and the fact that I
sometimes overlook the obvious.
Are any others using the 850xseries drivers successfully? They are
listed but I got a "no device found" kind of error.
Printtool gave me errors using the HP DesjJet 850X series drivers so I
even tried the venerable 550x series.
At first I got a postscript test print from that driver. "Oh joy" I
thought
Well I celebrated too soon! The following are some of the things Ive
tried and the messages I get:
click 'restart lpd'
For the first time in many trys it actually prints out the postscript
test file
Attempting to print a file in netscape or Wordperfect ends qued in
/var/spool/lpd/lp but doesnt print.
#lprm job#s
#lpq "Warning: lp is down: lp is ready and printing
no entries"
Using suggestions from the List:
#lpc restart lp
"no daemon to abort
daemon started"
#lpc stat lp
"queuing is enabled
printing is disabled
no entries
no daemon present"
Try # lpd restart
#lpr 'filename' goes to que and stays there so does #lpr -Plp 'filename'
Printool test "print ASCHII directly to port" works
The other tests do not work.
Must restart Window Manager to get a test postscript page to print then
nothing works again and back to square one of several hours and days
tweaking, reading, rebooting etc.
Would someone please point out "the error of my ways"!? If it is a long
one feel free to post to my email address and when I am successful I
will post the positive results to the List.
Are there "tricks" in the new printer/parallel port protocols that I am
missing?
I would be glad to be "shown the light"
A week with having to reboot into M$ to use the printer is causing me to
grit my teeth and snarl at my wife. Please Help!
William Bouterse
Juneau, Alaska
