Re: HP Printer setup with Cups & hplip

[Divya Ranjan <divya@subvertising.org>]

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Hello Maxim,

I never did solve the problem, I even changed machines and a fresh installation of Guix, that too moving from linux-libre to mainstream linux kernel, but the issue persists.

On 15 December 2024 04:43:18 GMT, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Divya Ranjan via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
>distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Hi Divya,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 23 2024, Divya Ranjan via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." wrote:
>>>
>>>> I’ve tried the hp-setup to setup the printer again, nothing
>>>> changes. I’ve tried other hp scripts like hp-check, hp-doctor,
>>>> hp-diagnose_plugin etc. they don’t work either.
>>>
>>> I've never had much luck with hplip.  Can you install the PPD for your
>>> printer [1] manually into CUPS and use it directly?
>>>
>>> [1] https://sources.debian.org/src/hplip/3.16.11%2Brepack0-3/ppd/hpcups/hp-laserjet_professional_p1108.ppd/
>>
>> Thanks Felix, I did download this and put it as the PPD through CUPS, but nothing changes.
>
>I remember loosing some hairs on a similar issue, and in the end the solution was
>something extremely ridiculous, like making the printer 'active' in the
>CUPS we admin interface.
>
>I had never disabled it, so was quite surprised by that.
>
>I hope you can make it work; it's quite frustrating to troubleshoot
>problems like this, especially when we have real work to do :-).
>
>Good luck.
>
>-- 
>Thanks,
>Maxim

Divya Ranjan, Mathematics, Philosophy and Libre Software

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