[Solved] Problems with installing HP LaserJet M1005 usb printer on debian clients on a network

[Arvind <bahuroopi@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Arvind <bahuroopi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Mon 29 Jul 2013 at 20:59:39 +0530, Arvind wrote:
>                 [..snip..]
>>> Details:
>>> I will begin with describing how I got it working on the print server
>>> (i.e. the machine to which the printer is connected on a usb port). I
>>> installed hplip using aptitude and then used 'hp-setup -i'. It asked
>>> about the mode of connection, on selecting 'usb', it found the
>>> attached printer right away, downloaded the proprietary plugin from
>>> the internet, asked if I accepted the license, installed the plugin on
>>> selecting 'yes', and then generated a ppd file in a few more steps.
>>> Done! The printer works as it is supposed to.
>>
>> Neatly done. Now from 'Administration' in the web interface tick
>>
>>    Share printers connected to this system
>>
>> Check that you have 'Shared Yes' in /etc/cups/printers.conf.
>>
>> With these settings the server will be advertising the print queue for
>> the LaserJet M1005 for other machines to use.
>>
>>> On any client machine on the network, the above procedure doesn't
>>> work. If I select 'network' as the mode of connection, hp-setup cannot
>>> find the printer. I am not able to find any way of telling hp-setup to
>>> look for a printer connected through usb to another machine on the
>>> network. Using "hp-setp -i ip_address_of_print_server" doesn't work
>>> either.
>>
>> You client machine has CUPS installed? This technique is incorrect.
>>
>> Check that there is a tick for
>>
>>    Show printers shared by other systems
>>
>> Look under the 'Printers' tab of the web interface or execute
>>
>>    lpstat -a
>>
>> to see what queues the client is aware of.
>                 [..snip..]
>> You only need the hp software installed on the server.
>
> Thanks a lot, Brian. It worked perfectly - stupid of me to have tried
> installing it like a network printer. Just for the record, having
> hplip and dependencies on the client somehow prevents it from working
> (didn't have the energy to investigate how or why), so if installed,
> one has to purge them.
>
> Regards,
> arvind
>
>
>
> ps: Wonder if it is appropriate to add the status "[Solved]" to the
> subject line - would be helpful for someone searching online and for
> subscribers using mutt etc., but would break the thread in web
> interface of gmail.

Added the status "[Solved]" to the subject line.

arvind