[CentOS] HP CP2025

Rob Kampen rkampen at kampensonline.com
Mon Sep 26 23:51:31 UTC 2016


On 27/09/16 10:45, Kay Schenk wrote:
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> On 09/25/2016 06:09 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
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>> [mlapier at peach ~]$ rpm -qa | grep hplip
>> hplip-common-3.14.6-3.el6.x86_64
>> hplip-libs-3.14.6-3.el6.x86_64
>> [mlapier at peach ~]$ rpm -qa | grep cups
>> cups-1.4.2-74.el6.x86_64
>> cups-pk-helper-0.0.4-13.el6.x86_64
>> gutenprint-cups-5.2.5-2.el6.x86_64
>> cups-libs-1.4.2-74.el6.x86_64
>> cups-libs-1.4.2-74.el6.i686
>> [mlapier at peach ~]$
>>
>> CentOS release 6.8 (Final)
>>
>> I've been able to print to this printer with no issues, until this
>> evening.  When I tried to send a print job the job just sat in the print
>> queue.  I killed the job and deleted the printer, then re-installed the
>> printer using the Printer configuration tool found under
>> System/Administration/Printing.
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> "until this evening"...so that's interesting.
>
> I'm also on CentOS 6.8 but 32-bit using the same hplip version. 
> Normally I do printer setup with hp-setup, then use the web interface 
> to cups to add it in to that environment.
>
> Also, add hp-systray to your startup apps if you haven't already.
>
>
>>
>> I've tried all manner of settings, both on the Libre Office document and
>> in the Printer configuration tool.  Now I can print to the printer but I
>> cannot get the printer to print in Landscape orientation.  Only portrait
>> orientation comes out no matter what settings I choose.
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> Does portrait work with ANY other type of document -- pdf, for example?
I have a brother printer and from libre office it ONLY prints protrait, 
no matter what I have tried. To get any landscape output I have to 
create a pdf of the document and then print that.
No idea what the issue is, my suspicion is libre office has a glitch.
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>>
>> I've done a bit of Google work but I find nothing that appears
>> applicable to my specific issue of not getting landscape prints no
>> matter what setting I choose.
>
>>
>> The HPLIP web site says the latest version of hplip for my machine, RHEL
>> 6 because they apparently have not heard of CentOS, is
>> hplip-3.16.9_rhel-6.0.x86_64.  CentOS does not have this version
>> available in the repo.
>>
>> What's a guy to do?  Windows should be this hard to work with, but not
>> Linux.
>>
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