Re: installing hplip-3.15.11 for my HP Deskjet_1000_J110
On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 10:08:44 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>
> > Does the machine print with
> >
> > lp -d print_queue <any_pdf>
>
> No, it says -
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> lp -d print_queue /home/boudiccas/research/adoc/herbal/herbals-main.pdf
> lp: The printer or class does not exist.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> >
> > lp -d print_queue <any_text_file> ?
'print_queue' is a placeholder for the name of your print queue. It is
also known as 'the printer'. Perhaps I should have written <print_queue>.
'lpstat -a' will give you the names of all your queues.
> And yet its showing in cups as being installed and prints out a
> cups-test-page, and when its printing its shown as "Active"!
>
> However, I did not 'clear' cups before rebooting. Maybe I should delete
> the printer from cups, close it down, unplug it, plug it in again, and
> turn it back on, and then reinstall it using cups?
If you are unable to print PDFs and text files with lp you might have to
do this.
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