jpickett@valornet.com writes: > I am having difficulty finding the correct printer settings in the CUPS > printer setup menu. > > I have an HP deskjet 6127 on my subnet with a fixed IP of 192.168.1.78 > I print to it on Windows XP using HP Standard TCP/IP port, port name: > IP_192.168.1.78, protocol: Raw, port:9100 > > The following settings seem to be the only way I have been able to get > anything to the printer. > > CUPS access via http://debian:631/ > MANAGE PRINTERS > Modify Printer: > Name: 6127Black > Location: Home > Description: 6127 > Device: AppSocket/HP JetDirect > Device URI: socket://192.168.1.78:9100 > Make: Raw > Model: Raw > > The printer prints a page that looks like this followed by many blank pages: > > %!PS-Adobe-3.0 > %%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792 > %%Pages: 1 > %%LanguageLevel: 1 > %%DocumentDa The Make and Model are Raw, so CUPS is simply passing through the PostScript document without converting it to a form printable by the HP DeskJet. You need to have HP as the Make and DeskJet 6127 as the Model. Installing hpijs/hplip and using the "hp" backend (hp://192.168.1.78:9100) should give you the necessary driver. After installing the packages, choose "Modify Printer" to update the existing configuration. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
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