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Yes, I've tried linuxprinting.org I cannot figure out how to tell the
system that there's a printer connected to it. (I've tried rebooting,
logging out/in, etc.)

Lee,

Quote:> Yes, I've tried linuxprinting.org I cannot figure out how to tell the
> system that there's a printer connected to it. (I've tried rebooting,
> logging out/in, etc.)

Yeah, but it takes a little while... Bear in mind that I did this about a
year ago, so it may have changed. Make sure you read the doc that comes
with the drivers. Oh, I did this for a PSC 720, but it's the same drivers.

1) hpoj

* Download hpoj from http://hpoj.sourceforge.net. The current version is
  0.90.
* Install it
* Check your init scripts directory, and check that the new service called
  ptal-init is setup to start before lpd.
* Run "ptal-init setup". I configured the printer as "mlc:usb:PSC_720".
* Run "ptal-init restart".
* You can now check that everything is OK with a few commands:
  --> "ptal-devid mlc:usb:PSC_720"
  --> "ptal-hp mlc:usb:PSC_720 device"
  --> "ptal-hp mlc:usb:PSC_720 display"
  --> "ptal-hp mlc:usb:PSC_720 clock"
  --> "ptal-connect mlc:usb:PSC_720 -service Echo"

2) hpijs

* Download hpijs from http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/. Current version:
  1.3.1.
* Install it.
* You might need to (re)install GNU ghostscript. If so use the --with-ijs
  and --with-gimp-print options for the configure script.

3) printconf

* Now we need to configure printtool so that it has an entry for your
  printer. If you use another tool to configure lpd, this will not help
  you...
* Goto to linuxprinting.org and get the LPD-O-Matic for the printer.
* At the time I had to add "$postpipe = '| ptal-init mld:usb:PSC_720'"
  at the beginning of the LPD-O-Matic file (which I placed in /usr/
  /share/printconf/foomatic/data as "HP-PSC_720.foo".
* Create a link to that file in the same directory, calling it
  "ijs-HP-PSC_730.foo".
* Add en entry for the printer in the file 00-Overview.foo in the
  same directory. The "id" and "drivers" fields must match the name
  of the link you created ('id' => 'HP-PSC_710' and 'drivers' => ['ijs'])
* , run utils, create a file calles "list_devices.ps"
  with the following contents:
  "devicenames { = } forall
   quit"
  (Spaces may count in there, check the doc).
   Run "gs -q -sDEVICE=nullpage list_devices.ps < device_list".
* In /usr/share/printconf, run "./util/build_stripped_printer_db.py
  foomatic/data fpoomatic/rh-data printer_db.pickle util/device_list"
  (Don't ask. I don't understand any of this... but it worked for me!)

4) Create the lpd queues with printtool

* Important: the device must be "/dev/ptal-printd/mlc_usb_PSC_720".

Note: If you install sane and xsane, you'll be able to run the scanner
from Gimp.

Good luck, but please don't ask me for any more informations. I have a
different computer, I don't have a printer any more, and all I have left
from that installations is a bunch of notes I jotted down for if i ever
had to reinstall the damn thing.

Fil