hey pps, currently i am using an HP PSC 1510xi all-in-one printer with cups and using the driver hpijs.
printing works beautifully, but the problem is i need to use my scanner!
I've search the forums and google, but the only reference i found was on linuxprinting.org where someone mentions that for printing they use hpijs and for advanced functionality such as scanner they use the hplip driver.
Now first off, i'm not to sure how to change the driver or use both at that as said on linuxprinting.org.
In the cups web interface, i tried to goto the modify printer option, but when i get to where u choose the driver, all it lists is the hpijs for all different models. Do i need to install the hpilip drivers??
Sorry, but this is my first time using a printer in linux, so any helpful info would be appreciated.


g.

You need to use the hplip driver. It contains the hpijs plus the needed extras to use the scanning feature. Just install over they both use the same version driver.

Brian1

k thats what i assumed, but i have no idea how to install the new drivers or where to get em(assuming hp site).

does the install differ depending on what printing software i'm using? (cups)

I have packaged hplip, along with net-snmp, for Slackware. If you want to use it you're more than welcome. You can download the packages from here:

hplip-0.9.8
net-snmp-5.3.0.1

After you install both packages, you will need to rename the /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip.new to rc.hplip. From a root terminal:

# cd /etc/rc.d
# mv rc.hplip.new rc.hplip

Next you will need to start hplip and restart cups:

# ./rc.hplip start
# ./rc.cups restart

If all went well with hplip start you should see two [OK] lines (one for hpiod and the other hpssd).

Now so that it starts every time you boot, add the following to rc.local:

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip ]; then
echo "Starting HPLIP Printer/Scanner Daemon"
/etc/rc.d/rc.hplip start
echo "HPLIP Started"
fi

Now you should be good to go.

HTH,
MMYoung

ok first off, i downloaded the net-snmp and hplip software that u listed, but couldn't get them installed, so i went and downloaded the source for them.
the net-snmp installed fine, but when i try ./configure with the hplip drivers i get this error:

configure: error: cannot find net-snmp support (or --disable-network-build)

the way i installed net-snmp was ./configure, make, make install

any ideas?

g.

Why couldn't you install them? All you had to do was, in a root terminal, cd to the directory where the packages were downloaded to and type in:

installpkg net-snmp*.tgz
installpkg hplip*.tgz

Or even more simple:

installpkg *.tgz
Maybe the net-snmp install didn't go as well as you thought(?). Maybe net-snmp installed it's libs someplace other than where hplip is looking for them, not sure.
That's pretty much standard and *should* install net-snmp to /usr/local. I don't think that hplip is hard-coded to any particular directory (other than /usr maybe).

The thing is, hplip is actually designed for systems that use the type of start up scripts that Red Hat uses, not for the BSD style scripts that Slackware uses. My package "slackerizes" hplip's init scripts for you and puts rc.hplip.new in /etc/rc.d. Just doing a ./configure && make && make install won't give you that without doing some manual configuring afterwards.

Do you still have the source directory that you installed net-snmp from? If so I *think* it honors the make uninstall (or something similar) command to remove whatever the make install command did. You will need to read the net-snmp INSTALL text file to determine the exact command. If you can uninstall net-snmp, your best bet would be to use installpkg to install my packages, then proceed with the other stuff I explained in my previous post.

HTH,
MMYoung

I goto linuxprinting.org for finding help like this. Here is a link to point you to the hplip driver where install instructions on install are there as well.
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...um=HP-PSC_1510