Re: HP Printer setup with Cups & hplip

[Divya Ranjan via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org>]

Hello Tobias,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:
> On 23 October 2024 11:13:36 UTC, "Divya Ranjan via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> wrote:
> Does your /var/log/cups/error_log mention anything interesting?  In particular, does it mention a plugin?  You can attach a compressed copy if you like.

I checked it, and it does mention this:

D [02/Oct/2024:02:13:03 +0000] [Job 5] STATE: +connecting-to-device
D [02/Oct/2024:02:13:03 +0000] [Job 5] STATE: +hplip.plugin-error
D [02/Oct/2024:02:13:03 +0000] [Job 5] prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp 503: m_Job initialization failed with error = 48

Find the entire log in the attachment.

> What is the status of your printer in the CUPS Web interface?

It says Idle, Accepting Jobs.

> Have you tried removing + adding the printer using said Web interface,
> avoiding the HP GUIs entirely?  I've never needed to use them myself.
> These Python scripts are lightly tested & maintained on Guix—if at
> all.

Indeed, I tried that. It has the same issue. In the state of the printing job it says: stopped "Filter failed". Also another thing to note is that in the driver description of CUPS Web Interface, it says: HP LaserJet Professional p1108, hpcups 3.16.11, requires proprietary plugin (color).

Regards,
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Divya Ranjan,
Philosophy, Mathematics, Libre Software.