Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 12 March 2009 15:59, Roger Wells wrote: > >> Anne Wilson wrote: >> >>> On Thursday 12 March 2009 14:45:27 Roger Wells wrote: >>> >>>> I actually did install the home printer last night (Photosmart C6180). >>>> "hp-setup' ran fine, discovered the printer and installed it just as it >>>> did for the LJ4350 (it didn't find the correct PPD file but...). >>>> The good news is that even though hp-toolbox won't run the Centos >>>> Scanner Tool works. >>>> It discovered the scanner correctly and I was able to operate with it as >>>> expected. The scanner is also available within appropriate applications >>>> such as OpenOffice and the Gimp. >>>> >>>> So maybe we don't need hp-toolbox so much after all. >>>> >>> Glad you got it working, Roger. I knew I wouldn't have time to have >>> another go at this until tomorrow. So did you use the 3.9.2 version? >>> Anything to report about the actual installation? >>> >> yes the hplip version is 3.9.2. First I removed the installed version >> which was 1.6.7, I think. Then I followed the >> directions at: >> >> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/distros/centos.html >> >> > I finally made time to try this again. > > >> This went well but the "hp-check" near the end indicated two or three >> errors that would show up at run-time were >> present. These are some of what we have been discussing in this thread >> and are apparently the ones that will prevent >> "hp-toolbox" from running. They do not apparently affect "hp-setup". >> . >> > I can't run either hp-toolbox or hp-setup (it complains that it can't run the > gui) but I could run 'hp-setup -i' which gives a text install. I thought I > might as well follow through the whole kaboodle, but when it got to setting > up fax headers it complained (again!) that python-dbus is not installed. It > then said > > warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed. > error: hp-setup requires GUI support (try running with --qt3). Also, try using > interactive (-i) mode. (which is what I'd just done.) > > >> Run hp-setup as root (the only way) and it should find your printers. >> For each of mine a warning was issued: >> >> error: No PPD found for model laserjet_4350. Trying old algorithm... >> >> > I saw that too - but then it continued and installed PPD file: > foomatic:HP-PhotoSmart_7150-hpijs.ppd. I'm fairly sure that that is the > wrong driver. The HP-PhotoSmart_C series are not the same as the > HP-PhotoSmart series. The C7100 driver is correct, the 7100 driver does not > work. Fortunately the device/queue that I installed under CUPS is still > available to me. > > >> In the case of the C6180 this resulted in all printing going to 4x6 inch >> pages to a printer that only had photograph >> page size options. When offered to search for PPD files during >> installation you can take that route and search >> in /usr/share/ppd/HP for a more appropriate driver. Why "hp-setup" >> doesn't find drivers there I don't know. >> I had to select the one with the ".gz" extension to avoid an error about >> a missing "foomatic-rip-hplip" something >> or other. You can apparently do this "PPD" changeover after installation. >> >> I did that with the C6180. If it still insists on printing in a 4x6 >> format I will report back. >> >> As I said earlier the Centos 5.2 Scanner Tool seems to work just fine. >> >> > I can't see the scanner at all, but then xsane seems to bomb out on me. > > I don't actually need it on this box, and to tell the truth, I can't spare any > more time on it. If it was important I'd use the HP Launchpad to get it > fixed, but I'm just going to bale out now. > > I'm glad you got a working solution. > > good luck Anne, my situation got a little more bizarre. The C series driver never worked. At some level perhaps it did because test page's that I printed would never come out, until I rebooted then they would all come on out. The foomatic 7150 driver was never offered to me but I tried it and it seems to work although I don't think faxing does. And scanning still seems fine. For this to work it was necessary to install via HPLIP. cheers, roger wells > Anne > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Roger Wells, P.E. SAIC 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger.k.wells at saic.com