Re: Setting up HP LaserJet 1018 on Debian Wheezy

[Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@gmail.com>]

Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> On Thu 18 Jul 2013 at 09:53:18 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> # usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0 
>> Error: No such device: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0'

I have at last successfully setup my printer, it prints now but only
from the Desktop PC Box, whereto is connected.

What I did is the followings. I purged almost any cups and printer
debian packages, and the task-print-server package too. After that I
installed only the printer-driver-foo2zjs so some more packages get
installed too, as a dependencies from the former.

I want to use this printer form the local network too.

I shared this printer in Cups webinterface and set it up as a default
printer too.

The LAN is made by a router. The workgroup name is JJZ, but I added it
as jjz, when installed this Debian system. Is this wrong?

In the /etc/hosts file is followings:
127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       dhcppc16.jjz    dhcppc16

Maybe must I replace the 'jjz' with the 'JJZ' here?

Before I print with the printer, I removed any lines from
/var/log/cups/access_log
/var/log/cups/error_log
/var/log/cups/page_log

After I print a PDF file, I have lines in:
/var/log/cups/access_log
localhost - - [19/Jul/2013:10:34:37 +0200] "POST
/printers/HP_LaserJet_1018 HTTP/1.1" 200 56967 Print-Job successful-ok

/var/log/cups/page_log
HP_LaserJet_1018 csanyipal 2 [19/Jul/2013:10:34:43 +0200] 1 1 -
localhost 6.c_osztalyomTanuloinakOrarendje.pdf - -

>    # usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
> Error: Input/output error: GET_DEVICE_ID on '/dev/usb/lp0'

Still I get nothing here, but:
# usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0 
Error: No such device: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0'

but as I say, printing is working now, but only from the Desktop system
( see abowe ).

> Please would you post the output of
>
>    /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
>
> after attaching the printer to the machine and switching it on.

I can see it only in Midnight Commander ( F3 ):

/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386,
version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared lib
s), for GNU/Linux 2.6.26,
BuildID[sha1]=0xff307e6bb7bd14add0c46e8711560a7f3023db62, stripped

# lpstat -a
HP_LaserJet_1018 accepting requests since Fri 19 Jul 2013 10:34:52 AM CEST

Well, I'm now on the halfway from my goal: to setup this printer as a
shared printer on the LAN. How can I do that?

-- 
Regards from Pal