[olug] LONG --- Help with Setup PrinterHP Deskjet 842C with Suse 9.1 (Novell Kit)

Joe Gulizia jrguliz at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 24 01:03:18 UTC 2004


I tried installing using the terminal program and the
commands listed in the documentation below.  I still
get the "CUPS Daemon failed during initialization"
error.

foomatic docs were confusing.

Thanks
Joe Gulizia

--- Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm running the Suse 9.1 from the Novell Resource
> Kit.
> 
> I found this from the following site:
>
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/pf-new.cgi?in=http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/install.php
> 
> How/where do I do this? (what directory, etc.?)  
> (The first part before going to YaST (or all the way
> through would be more helpful))
> Installation Overview 
> 
> These installation instructions apply to the hp
> single
> function ink and laser printers.
> Distribution-specific
> instructions are provided below.
> 
> Instructions for installing your multi-function
> printer (OfficeJets) can be found at
> hpoj.sourceforge.net . 
> 
> A comprehensive list of supported hp single and
> multi-function printers can be found at the products
> supported page.
>  
> Step 1: Prepare your printer
> 
> Make sure your printer is powered on, and has paper
> and ink cartridges installed
>  
> Step 2: Install HPIJS
> 
> Follow the instructions below
> 
> Step 3: Follow the installation instructions for
> your
> distribution to configure your printer within your
> distribution
> 
> 
> SuSE
> 
> Additional Resources:
>  -Products Supported
>  -Installation Overview
>  -Device Mode Descriptions and Media Sizes 
>  -Usage
>  
> 
> Install HPIJS
> 
> This section addresses how to install HPIJS. In most
> cases this is all you need to do.
> 
> 
> Also, HPIJS is not spooler specific, although HP
> recommends CUPS. Starting with HPIJS 1.4, HPIJS has
> built-in support for CUPS and Foomatic. CUPS and
> Foomatic support is optional via "configure"
> options. 
> 
> 1. Download and install the latest HPIJS driver     
> back to top.  You can download HPIJS here. 
> 
> The download includes the HPIJS source code and a
> platform-independent automake/autoconf makefile. The
> makefile will compile and install the hpijs driver.
> By
> default the makefile will also do a Foomatic and
> CUPS
> install. After downloading to your directory use the
> following instructions. 
> 
>  # tar xzvf hpijs-1.x.tar.gz
>  # cd hpijs-1.x
>  # ./configure
>  # make
>  Log in as root on your machine
>  # make install
> 
> 2. Verify HPIJS is present 
> 
> You can verify HPIJS was built and installed
> correctly
> with the following command.
>  
>  # hpijs -h
> 
> If installed correctly, you will see the following
> displayed.
> 
> Hewlett-Packard Co. Inkjet Server 1.x
> Copyright (c) 2001-2002, Hewlett-Packard Co.
> 
> 3.  Now that you've installed the driver continue on
> to the distribution-specific portion of the install.
> 
> 
> 
> Distribution-specific instructions
> 
> Follow the distribution-specific installation
> instructions below to configure your printer within
> your distribution.
> 
> 
> SuSE Direct Connect      back to top 
> 
> 1.  Click "Menu --> System --> YaST2"
> 
> 2.  Enter root password
> 
> 3.  Choose Hardware from the left column in YaST
> Control Center
> 
> 4.  Click "printer" from the right side
> 
> (click image for larger view)
> 
> 5.  Choose the printer from the top and click
> "configure"
> 
> (click image below for larger view)
>  
> 6. If desired, change the "Name for Printing" to
> something meaningful like "Deskjet5500_draft" or
> "DeskJet5550_Photo" (see step 9 for hint)
> 
> 7.Click "Next"
> 
> (click image for larger view)
>  
> 8. Select print mode, like "draft" or "photo" 
> 
> 9. Click test printing and then "OK"
> (click image for larger view)
> 
> 10.  When the printout has finished, click "Printout
> Finished"
> 
> 11.  Click "OK"
> 
> 12.  Click "Finish"
> 
> 13.  Click "Continue"
> 
> 14.  Click "OK". This completes your installation.
> 
> If you have questions, please visit the help forum
> at
>
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=53439
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe Gulizia 
> 
> 
> 	
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