Re: Fwd: Re: HP printer not added
On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 18:17:58 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
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> On 06/15/2015 06:00 PM, Brian wrote:
> >On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 15:22:48 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> >
> >>I have un-installed and re-installed cups. I used the add printer
> >>feature from the menu items under my name. It comes up with various
> >>items that can be changed and printer is one of them. It is locked so I
> >The name of the software being used was wanted. It appears it is not
> >hplip or the web interface at http://localhost:631. Not that it would
> >necessarily make any difference apart from getting a different error
> >message.
> >
> >>unlocked it with the root password. I went through all the steps and at
> >>the very end it says 'printer could not be added'. I then tried from
> >>the main menu under system tools and it did the same thing. When I plug
> >>the printer in before a message would pop up and ask if you wanted to
> >>install it, now there is nothing.
> >We assume the printer is connected by USB, Please post the outputs of
> >these three commands:
> >
> > lpstat -t
> > lpinfo -m | grep "1000.*ppd.*HP"
> > lpinfo -v (with the printer plugged in).
> >
> >>From the list obtained in the second command's output say which line(s)
> >correspond to your printer.
> >
> >
> This is what I got for the above commands but the lpinfo command was
> not found for the last two.
The second command works with the full path: /usr/sbin/lpinfo.
The third command requires you to be root or use sudo.
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