Finding the path to the Device URI
I am test driving Mint 16 MATE on our Windows XP desktop. We have 2 HP LaserJets, one in black & white and the other in color. Mint picked up the black & white without any trouble, but hasn't a clue about the color printer. The color printer is an HP LaserJet Pro 200 color m276nw.
I ran the following in Terminal: Code:
mint@mint ~ $ lspci I looked up the HP printers supported by Linux and the LaserJet Pro 200 wasn't on it. Please let me know if there is a way to install this printer in Linux. Thanks! |
The command to see connected USB devices is lsusb. lspci displays information about devices connected on the PCI bus like network adapters, drive controllers etc.
Is this a multifunction device i.e. fax, scanner and printer? |
Next try
Michaelk, thank you for answering so quickly! Here is the result of the lsusb command:
Code:
mint@mint ~ $ lsusb |
Your printer is supported via hplip. I do not know if mint installs it by default.
I would expect it to show up in the output of lsusb. http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web...fp_m275nw.html |
Another newbie question
It looks like I need to download and install the driver. I guess it will go into the Download file. Is there an Install command that I use after that?
I appreciate your help. Every bit that I learn goes into a notebook for future reference. |
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Hi, Michaelk,
I went to the website and found that my HP LaserJet Pro 200 color MFP n276nw was supported. Yay! I downloaded the driver, opened it in Mint...and all that Mint could find was the HP LaserJet P2015d. That's the black&white printer. I used the GUI, not Terminal to do this. What am I missing? |
The automatic installer downloads a plugin as well as configures the printer in cups. I would run it again in a terminal to verify it completed successfully.
If hplip is installed you can run hp_setup again to see if the device can recognised and configured. http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web.../hp_setup.html |
Tried again
Michaelk, I tried it all again. I think the problem might be that the download doesn't like (a)Mint 16 or (b)that Mint 16 hasn't yet been installed on this system. The download won't install through the GUI. At least, lsusb doesn't show anything. When I tried to install through Terminal things went fine until it asked for the Mint password. Since Mint 16 so far only lives on the PIN drive, I have no idea what the password is.
Perhaps I should try this on the laptop where Mint 15 is installed and I know the password. If it works there, it should work with the desktop...hopefully? |
If you are running a live version on the flash drive then I do not believe there is a password.
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It WORKED!!!
Hi, Michaelk!
I was able to install the color printer to the laptop (which has Mint 15 installed). Everything worked just fine. So, if I install Mint to the desktop, there should be no worries about that printer working. Thank you so much for your help :) Ellen |
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