Re: [lp.hp] Re: HP 5550 & CUPS & (USB | PAR)

[Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net>]

Can you update your HPIJS to version 1.2.2?

   Till


John Manko wrote:
> Ok, I renamed foomatic-gswrapper to *.orig, and I got a test page to 
> print.  However, it only printed
> the following message: "**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting."
> The paper then remains in the printer with out feeding, and I have to 
> manually eject it.
> I'm thinking that the hpijs driver fails, which causes the paper not to 
> feed out.
>
> Ok, so the printer is seen, but if the intial device can not be opened, 
> why would I get the printed mesage of this?
>
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Does anyone know what can cause this failure with hpijs?
> 2. Why would foomatic prevent this senerio taking place, even though it 
> is a failed attempt?
>
>
> John Manko wrote:
>
> > Also, I just noticed in /var/log/user.log:
> >
> > Oct  5 23:58:12 poppy hpijs: unable to set DeviceModel=deskjet 5550
> > Oct  5 23:58:12 poppy hpijs: unable to set device=-1, err=16
> > Oct  5 23:58:12 poppy hpijs: unable to read client data err=-2
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with this?
> >
> >
> >
> > John Manko wrote:
> >
> > > I just purchased the new HP 5550 Deskjet, however, I'm having major 
> > > problems getting things to work.
> > > First, I install CUPS, hpijs, ghostscript, and the ppd file.  It 
> > > looks like cupsomatic and foomatic scripts were
> > > already installed(or upon installation of those mentioned)
> > >
> > > When I configure the printer through the CUPS web or command line, 
> > > and try to test print, it says that everything
> > > worked fine, but nothing actualy printed.
> > > This happens when I attempt to use the printer as a parallel or USB 
> > > printer.
> > >
> > > In the /var/log/cups/error_log, I found the following:
> > >
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] perl: warning: Please check that your 
> > > locale settings:
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] LANGUAGE = (unset),
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] LC_ALL = (unset),
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] LANG = "c"
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] are supported and installed on your 
> > > system.
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] perl: warning: Falling back to the 
> > > standard locale ("C").
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] foomatic-gswrapper: gs '-dBATCH' 
> > > '-dSAFER' '-dQUIET' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=ijs' '
> > > -sIjsServer=hpijs' '-sDeviceManufacturer=HEWLETT-PACKARD' 
> > > '-sDeviceModel=deskjet 5550' '-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612' '
> > > -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792' '-dDuplex=false' '-r300' 
> > > '-sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2' 
> > > '-dIjsUseOutputFD' '-sOutputFile=/dev/fd/3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] unable to set DeviceModel=deskjet 5550
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] unable to set device=-1, err=16
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] **** Unable to open the initial 
> > > device, quitting.
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] Couldn't exec foomatic-gswrapper -q 
> > > -dBATCH -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs 
> > > -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="deskjet 5550" 
> > > -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792 -dDuplex=false -r300 
> > > -sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2 
> > > -dIjsUseOutputFD
> > > -sOutputFile=- - at /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic line 1082.
> > > D [06/Oct/2002:00:24:23 -0500] unable to read client data err=-2
> > >
> > > I am unable to determine if I'm having a software problem, or 
> > > hardware configuration problem.
> > > If you need any other info, please let me know.