can't get printer to work after dist upgrade

[John O Laoi <brianolaoi@gmail.com>]

I solved this one.

The following were the steps:


 $ wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz  http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz
$ tar zxf foo2zjs.tar.gz
cd foo2zjz
make
make install
make  install install-hotplug
make install cups



RESTART CUPS:    /etc/init.d/cups  restart


In CUPS, I has to do the following:
Add printer
Device:  HP Laserjet 1005 USB #1 (HP Laserjet M1005)
On the next screen, I added a PPD file, from  the location

foo2zjs/PPD/HP-LaserJet_M1005_MFP.ppd

This worked!


John


On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:28 PM, John O Laoi<brianolaoi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Yesterday, I did a dist upgrade from lenny to squeeze.
> I edited sources.list, changes lenny to squeeze everywhere, and then did
> aptitude update
> aptitude install apt dpkg aptitude
> aptitude full-upgrade
>
> I also installed a lot of upgrades to packages, as suggested by synaptic.
>
> Everything seems OK, except that I can't get my printer to work.
>
> The printer is a HP Laserjet 1005 MFP, which can print, copy and scan,
> and is connected to the computer via USB.
>
> To get the printer to work in lenny, I did the following:
>
> wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz  http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz
> tar zxf foo2zjs.tar.gz
> cd foo2zjz
> make
> make install
> make  install install-hotplug
> make install cups
> /etc/init.d/cups  restart
>
> When I noticed that the printer was not working in squeeze, I tried
>        cd foo2zjz
>            make uninstall
> and  then doing the above steps again.
> I also tried removing the printer in CUPS and adding it again.
>
> I notice one difference between lenny and squeeze:
> In squeeze, when I attach the printer's USB cable xsane automatically
> starts up – this did not happen in lenny.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> John
>