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Printer Configuration

Well I had made a post about how I could not get my HP DeskJet3820 to work. People assumed that I wanted to use CUPS but I don't care what I use as long as it works. I've tried using the Red Hat Printer Config tool but it does not work. Here is what I am doing through the setup:

1. I click on NewPrinter and it asks for a queue name. I type in "HP" for the Queue Name and select "Local Printer" for queue type.

2. The next screen, which is the "Configure A Local Printer" screen, does not show any Devices or Models in the list so I click on "Custom Device" and specify the device to use as "HP".

3. The next screen asks for the printer driver, which I have installed, so I scroll down and select the "hpijs-rss(*)" driver which is the correct driver for the HP3820.

4. Then I click apply.

5. At the next screen I click on the "Test" option and try to print an ASCII Test Page. It prompts me to save changes so I accept the changes and then it says "lpd restarted". Then it gives a message saying "There was an error trying to print the test page."

This message is a little vague so it doesn't point me in a direction to do some troubleshooting.

I've read page after page at linuxprinting.org and it hasn't helped a bit. Anybody know what I am doing wrong or how I can troubleshoot this?

I still haven't found a solution for this. Anybody had the same problem?

All I can offer is that you should try CUPS. Works great for me. I can help you with CUPS but not lpd

Well I don't know the first thing about CUPS. Point me in a direction.

when i run the red hat printer configuration, it always shows /dev/lp0 as the device (that's the number zero). i don't know why it doesn't show some kind of device for you though. try putting that in for custom device as i'm pretty sure, that linux doesn't not know what device an hp is. and are you sure, that it's a local printer you want? you're not trying to share the printer that's hooked into a windows box, are you?

I used /dev/lp0 as a custom device and I still get an error message. And yes, I'm sure the pritner is not hooked up to a windoze box. I don't care how it works I just want to be able to print from Linux.

Run Packages from your KDE or Gnome start menu. Go to System, Printing Support, and check the box for CUPS. Install should be pretty straight forward from there. Once that is installed, go to http://localhost:631 in your favorite browser. Install once again, should be pretty easy from there. I haven't figured out how to install my printer in Mozilla but anything in KDE or Konqueror prints perfectly. I have an unanswered post on this site asking that question but no one here prints from Mozilla I guess. Sorry it took so long to answer but keep me posted and we'll muddle through this. You are sure this printer is supported in Linux?

http://localhost:631 gets a Forbidden error message

Try running /etc/init.d/cups restart If that doesn't work, try going to the KDE Printing Manager.

This is what I get when I restart cups and go to http://localhost:631

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access the resource on this server.

Do I have to edit cupsd.conf. I just took a look at this file and there are a bunch of options that I can quite figure out so rather then screw everything up, I'll just leave them at the default settings for now. Why do I get a Forbidden error when I try to access CUPS? Must be something in the conf file right?

Okay I've finally gotten access to http://localhost:631. Where can I find a tutorial on how to set this thing up. My printer is hooked up with the standard printer connection. (I'm pretty sure its called the parrallel port: I'm drawing a complete blank) Where to go from here?

If it's connected via a standard printer port, I would use parallel port. Click Manage Printers, Add Printers. Googling at this point would be very fruitful. I always use the KDE printing manager or http://localhost:631

I got to Manage Printers, Add Printers. It asks for
Name:
Location:
Description:

What do I put in for Name and Location?

Name: anything you want to name the printer. I named my Laserjet "Laserjet"
Location: I usually leave it blank
Description: I usually leave it blank

Don't forget if you get stuck to Google for something like "setup cups".
Here's one of the results from that search:
http://www.cups.org/links.php?P3