The HP Device Manager can't find the PPD file but I click on the Other button and it is listed so I chose it, after clicking Finish it says it didn't install but then say it did install. It's on the list of available printers but won't print from any OpenOffice programs. I tried to delete it and it says the printer is busy, I tried to Set Up a New Device and got the msg Unable to find sudo utility to run hp-setup. My HP PSC 1210 installed easily.

Any suggestions how to fix this?

Thanks,
Kirk

I had very simalar problems

Try Disable the firewall temperaraly. To start with.

You may want to give more information about your software, such as what distribution you are using, what graphical environment you are using, and how your printer is connected to your Linux machine. There may be an easier setup procedure offered by your graphical environment, or there may be tools available in one environment that are not in another one.

I had this suggestion from MoonMind:

Try "localhost: 631" in your browser to get to the CUPS interface; have (if possible) a PPD file for your printer ready somewhere - with that, the installation procedure indicated is a breeze. If this doesn't show anything, CUPS is most probably not running.

You did say Fedora, didn't you!

Thanks all.

I'll try disabling the firewall.

I have Fedora 2.6.27.7-34,F10,i686 and Genome 2.24.2. The printer is on a UBS.

I already tried the access Localhost631 and its not working.

Appreciate your suggestions and will let you know if disabling the firewall works.

Kirk

You might want to have a look at this page:

http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/

I just got myself a LaserJet P1006, not realizing it was not PCL compatible and required special drivers which usually only exist for MacOS or Windows. Printing didn't work initially -- it just ignored everything I sent to it, even a plain text file directly to /dev/usb/lp0.

I tried the drivers coming with my distribution and they didn't work, either, so I went along the instructions on the page above (albeit fooxqx.rkka.com for my model) and it wouldn't work until the point I installed the hotplug scripts (make install-hotplug). Once I had them installed, I looked at the files and it turns out you need to send the printer its firmware before it can print!

Either way, try this and see whether it's working:

BTW, you might want to remove any existing foojzs drivers you might have installed because the files from rkkda.com will overwrite portions of it without using RPM.

Once the hotplug modules have been installed, you should switch the printer off and on, then verify in /var/log/messages that it got the firmware loaded. Once this happened, configure the printer in CUPS as outlined on the page. I had to set my printer to the maximum resolution (1200x600dpi) in the print options panel before it would print something useful but it works fine now.

Tried both suggestions and still doesn't work. I've got my inkjet connected and working anyway.

Think I'll connect this printer to my daughter's computer and look around for a Laser that's compatible with Fedora 10.

Thanks again for your help.

I've got a Laserjet 1000 working fine in Fedora 10. I just did these steps:

* Download: http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz
* Untar with "tar xzvf foo2zjs.tar.gz"
* run “make”
* run “./getweb 1000”
* run “make install”
* run “make install-hotplug”
* Switch printer off and back on. Run the tool “config-printer-setup” or “System / Administration / Printing” in Gnome. Install it just like any other printer (Cups should automatically select the correct driver which will be foo2zjs for HP Laserjet 1000).