On Monday, 29 January 2024 11:11:41 GMT k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> Alan Grimes:
> > I spent $450 for the most beautifulest printer ever made.
>
> That is not true, because I own the most beautiful printer:)
>
> > Absolutely suprimo HP laser jet network printer.
>
> You didn't write what model, hard to help you then.
>
> ///
>
> What I do is, well it is just me I guess:
>
> 0, print out a test page from the printers menu
> 1, check the printers network config and ping the printer
> 2, put the printer in postscript mode/emulation and send something
> simple as to it using lpr:
>
> %A4: 210 297mm
> %72 per tum, 72/25.4 per mm
> /a 72 25.4 div def
> a a scale
> 0.1 setlinewidth
>
> 0 3 297 { 0 exch moveto 210 0 rlineto stroke } for
>
> 0 3 210 { 0 moveto 0 297 rlineto stroke } for
>
> showpage
>
> 3, if it can print postscript via lpr, then keep doing that and ignore
> cups.
>
> ///
>
> What messes things up is people pressing the wifi-button (if there is
> one) while on cable, which messes up the network config.
>
> If it works with MS-Windows, it can be autodetect (udns, avahi) is
> missing on your linux box. I usually set printers to fixed ip-address
> and add it to the local dns for easy access, so I shut down any udns
> thing; I like a quiet network.
>
> Regards,
> /Karl HammarI've had a couple of printers over the years, including a HP InkJet. Once I spent some time to configure them I didn't have to touch anything again. Occasionally, after many years, some change in CUPS might require particular attention/reconfiguration. By all accounts this is a rare event. The OP can check the protocol/port used by the MSWindows machine and use the same to configure CUPS on Linux. As long as the correct driver (or IPP Everywhere) is installed/selected the printer should just work. The CUPS webgui help pages and the interwebs usually contain enough information to get most printers working on Apple/Linux.
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