Help with Printer Set up

boman4235 · 04-18-2014, 07:16 AM

Hello!

Windows user forever and brand new to LINUX so pls bear with me:

need to use my Printer; How do I use a set up procedure?

Prior to LINUX install on my hard drive, I naturally booted into Windows XP...now I cannot...any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Boman

jdkaye · 04-18-2014, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boman4235

Hello!

Windows user forever and brand new to LINUX so pls bear with me:

need to use my Printer; How do I use a set up procedure?

Which linux distro are you using?

Quote:

Prior to LINUX install on my hard drive, I naturally booted into Windows XP...now I cannot...any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Boman

Describe how exactly you installed linux on your hard drive.
jdk

frankbell · 04-18-2014, 09:23 PM

Also, what make and model printer?

boman4235 · 04-19-2014, 07:11 AM

The printer is a:

HP Photosmart C4780

Wireless

schneidz · 04-19-2014, 07:40 AM

as long as the printer is connected to your network, I think you need to install hplip [assuming fedora]:

Code:

 sudo yum install hplip

frankbell · 04-19-2014, 07:58 PM

schneidz is quite right. HPLIP is without question the best way to set up and manage an HP printer on Linux.

If you are using a package manager, note that the HPLIP GUI interface (hp-toolbox) is often a separate package.

boman4235 · 04-20-2014, 07:32 AM

installed the hp lip gui interface package

What next?

jdkaye · 04-20-2014, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by boman4235

installed the hp lip gui interface package

What next?

You must have installed more than hplip-gui, correct? Also hplip and hplip-data. Is that correct?
jdk

DavidMcCann · 04-20-2014, 10:40 AM

Connect the printer, switch it on, and then run the command "hp-setup" in a terminal.

You can learn a lot of useful things here:
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

boman4235 · 04-21-2014, 06:51 AM

JDK..Yes I did install more than the HP GUI.
Do I go back to Package, uninstall and just install HP GUI?

maples · 04-21-2014, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by boman4235

JDK..Yes I did install more than the HP GUI.
Do I go back to Package, uninstall and just install HP GUI?

No, you need the others, too. AFAIK, the hp-gui package is just a graphical frontend, and it uses those other packages to do its thing.

As a rule of thumb (as far as I know, someone correct me if I'm wrong), if you have two packages, foo and foo-gui, foo will run without foo-gui, but foo-gui will not run without foo. In other words, foo is a dependancy to foo-gui, but foo-gui is not a dependancy for foo.

boman4235 · 04-21-2014, 08:25 AM

used automatic download hplip 3.14.4 Result: will not let me run.

Went to terminal and typed in Result "cannot run..permission denied"

hopeless, I suppose............Lost!

jdkaye · 04-21-2014, 08:50 AM

You have to run the program as root or use sudo. Is that what you did? If not, you will get a "permission denied" message.
jdk

Shadow_7 · 04-21-2014, 09:58 AM

If you're going to use the printer wirelessly you might have to set it up in cups. And add the user to some groups.

http://localhost:631
http://127.0.0.1:631

Or whatever applies. Normally it'll support a protocol like IPP. And maybe some networking stuff to connect to the printer which might have to be configured on printer.

maples · 04-21-2014, 04:23 PM

Add "sudo " to the front of the command (including a space).