[olug] More on Printer problems Suse 9.1 (Novell Kit)

[Joe Gulizia]

Running Suse 9.1 with YaST I have a Lexmark 1000
printer configured on the parallel port.  It appears
that the printer is there; however, it doesn't work
during the "Test" phase.  I've tried an HP Deskjet
842C which does work on "Test".

Part way through setup I get "CUPS daemon died during
initialization.

An error occurred while communicating with the CUPS
server while saving queue y2test  Error while
contacting CUPS server occurred.


Unable to print test page.  Output to print file:
server-error-service-unavailable







I've also gotten --
Print error occurred.  Error message received from
system.  /usr/bin/lpr -P 'Lexmark 1000' ' - #1'
'tmp/kde-joe/kdeprint


I've used "Kate" and "Open Office"
With either one I get the following errors:

"An error occurred while retrieving the printer list:
Connection to CUPS server failed.  Check that the CUPS
server is correctly installed and running:
Error: host not found."


HELP!
--- 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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