Try the ppd file here: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-DeskJet_D2300 Cheers Ubuntu 7.10, Linux 2.6.31-20-generic unknown 16:40:15 up 1 day, 2:29, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.20, 0.10 On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 16:12 -0400, Michael Klinosky wrote: > I can't get my HP DeskJet D2345 (USB) to work on my CentOS 5.3 machine. > It'll work on another machine (with Fedora 7). > > I compared the installation details (in CUPS http://localhost:631) - > seems that Cent does not have the driver. On the F7 machine, the device > is "D2345 (HP D2300 series)" and the driver is "HP DeskJet D2300 > Foomatic/hpijs". When I try to config my Cent machine for this printer, > I don't see that driver anywhere in the list. > > I searched cups.org for D2345 and D2300 - no joy. > > Can I merely copy some file (the driver?) to the Cent machine? (If so, > where would I find it?) > > Or, how do I get this printer to work with CentOS 5.x? > > * Details * > On the Cent box, I tried using the "HP DeskJet" (generic?) driver. But, > when I tell it to print (in an app or even a test page from cups), the > computer seems to go thru the motions, but the printer doesn't respond > at all (no noises, nothing). Indeed, cups even states that the job is > completed. > > When I plug the printer into the Cent box, the message log reports: > Mar 27 16:02:02 sr1220 kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using > uhci_hcd and address 7 > Mar 27 16:02:02 sr1220 kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 > choice > Mar 27 16:02:02 sr1220 kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB > Bidirectional printer dev 7 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0xC302 > > When I tell CUPS to print a test page, several lines are issued in the > CUPS log; here are a few: > I [27/Mar/2010:16:04:47 -0400] [Job 14] Started filter > /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 5297) > I [27/Mar/2010:16:04:47 -0400] [Job 14] Started filter > /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 5298) > I [27/Mar/2010:16:04:47 -0400] [Job 14] Started backend > /usr/lib/cups/backend/hal (PID 5299) > I [27/Mar/2010:16:04:49 -0400] [Job 14] Completed successfully. > I [27/Mar/2010:16:04:50 -0400] Started > "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5307) > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100327/00b1ec90/attachment-0005.html>