Re: HP Printer setup with Cups & hplip

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

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