hp deskjet 845c printer

sakeeb · 04-30-2002, 03:32 AM

Can any body help me to configure my hp 845c printer. i have hpjis driver installed

Mara · 04-30-2002, 04:39 AM

What's wrong? Is your printer seen by any application?

sakeeb · 04-30-2002, 11:25 PM

i get no error message not the printer prints anything. thank u for ur interest

Mara · 05-01-2002, 05:51 AM

Is it visible in the configuration program?
Look into /var/log/messages and search for info/errors/messages about printer and send it there.

sakeeb · 05-01-2002, 08:11 AM

i looked into the /var/log/messages and so such strings have seen. my configuration programs works well and when i type "hpijs -h" it produce the information of hewlet-paccard co and when type "gs -h" it show hpdj 8xx printer.

thanks for your time.

zLinuxz · 05-01-2002, 11:41 AM

Well, you are running Redhat, so go to the Printer Configuration program. Remove whatever you have, and then try the procedure to install a new printer...Now...by default Redhat doesn't come for a driver for the 845c, I just looked. So, if you said that you installed the driver, I'm assuming that it shows up in the Printer configuration program. Just delect that, and then try and print a test page. Hopefully it'll work.

zLinuxz

sakeeb · 05-02-2002, 12:51 AM

i tried as you told. but the problem remains same. can u suggest me any driver for my hp deskjet845c printer.

thanks for ur time

Mara · 05-02-2002, 03:14 AM

Look at www.linuxprintiong.org for info and hpinkjet.sourceforge.net for driver.

sakeeb · 05-02-2002, 07:15 AM

i had visited linuxprinting.com earlier and it suggested me to dowload and install hpijs driver. i did so. but i can't print anything.

thank you for your time

Mara · 05-02-2002, 08:14 AM

Right, sorry. I didn't read the whole thread...
First check if the driver is correctly installed:
hpijs -h
It should print nice text.
Then test Ghostscript
gs -h|grep ijs
It should be( note: in my mdk 7.2 it's not available, I don't know which RH you're using). If not, you need to upgrade your Ghostscript software (6.53 is needed).

sakeeb · 05-03-2002, 12:08 AM

i really appreciate your interest. i checked hpijs -h and gs -h and it produce the desired result.

Mara · 05-03-2002, 03:39 AM

Do you have CUPS or other printing system installed?

sakeeb · 05-03-2002, 06:21 AM

i don't have any of the programs you mentoned. nor i have no idea about them.

thank you

Mara · 05-03-2002, 07:55 AM

CUPS should be available on your installation cds...

sakeeb · 05-03-2002, 11:47 AM

i don't have cups installed on my system

("rpm -qa |grep cups" return nothing)

thanks again