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12-12-2010, 07:39 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2010
Posts: 29
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Hp deskjet C3050
Need help installing this printer. recommended driver installed, but when I try to print nothing happens.
Henry
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12-12-2010, 08:04 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,324
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Do you have the HPLIP program installed? It works flawlessly for me.
It should be in the Ubuntu repos. |
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12-12-2010, 08:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2010
Posts: 29
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Yes I have hplip version 3.10.6 from the repos
Henry
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12-13-2010, 03:39 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
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Go here:
http://localhost:631/
and add the printer manually, choose the USB with serial number option, then pick the driver that is recommended, then set the printer as the default printer. |
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