Re: HP Laserjet not printing.
Camaleón put forth on 11/8/2010 1:58 AM:
> On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:36:31 +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote:
>
>> Well the whole problem was HP "Smart" install which comes with this
>> printer because of this Laserjet registers itself as storage deivce
>> under Debian.
>>
>> Only way to fix this is to disable this HP Smart install feature from
>> Windows: Go to UTIL folder in the CD that came with printer and run
>> SIUtility.
>
> (...)
>
> Wow... and how does one setup this printer if running only Linux >:-?
Now that he owns this printer, deleting the USB config files and adding
a TCP/IP print server would likely fix the problem, for an extra $40-50
USD or so.
This is just one of the reasons I always recommend purchasing network
enabled printers for use with Linux instead of USB. For another $40-50
USD he could have had a Brother, Lexmark, Samsung mono laser with a
built in ethernet print server. You don't get these USB device
identification problems with network printers.
Matter of fact, I recommend network printers for Windows home users as
well, since most homes have more than 1 PC needing to print these days.
--
Stan
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