printing problem with HP Deskjet

[Yong Shiuh Rong]

I try to setup a HP Deskjet network printer to print in Redhat Linux 9.0. after typing the IP address, I try to print a document, the document was not printed but it print out a line: " %!<>setpagedevice%!PS-Adobe-3.0[{%%Code for writting CUP", follow by a nonstop loading of paper into the printer, nothing was printed.

I am using HP Deskjet 990cxi printer attached to HP Jetdirect 300X with Redhat Linux 9.0.

[Mark Grant · Accepted solution]

All that rubbish you are printing is raw postscript. My guess is you have the wrong printer driver for your printer. Whihc print system are you using? Is it "CUPS". DO you have the "gimp-print" drivers (still the best :))?

[Yong Shiuh Rong]

how to set the gimp-print drivers driver? how to chesk if I have it install?

[Mark Grant]

If you are using cups, get a web browser and point it at "localhost:631". You will get a nice page from which you can check out your printers and their drivers. If you have gimp-print, it will tell you in the printer config. If you don't have it, you'll need to download and install gimp-print. I imagine red hat has it somewhere on there site but if not, you can get it here http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/
You may need to re-install (I mean build) cups after this but maybe not.

If you are not using CUPS then please tell us which printing system you use.

[Martin P.J. Zinser]

Hello,

I agree what you see is Postscript and your printer most probably does not understand this. Make sure the Deskjet 990cxi is supported by CUPS. I do have an older Deskjet and still use LPRng as my printing system since it does have drivers for it, which I did not find for CUPS.

Greetings, Martin

[Yong Shiuh Rong]

Martin where should i check whether the printer is supported by CUPS? How to set lpr in Redhat 9.0?

[Mark Grant]

Cups does support this printer. It is listed (and known to work) if you use the Deskjet 900 series with gimp-print.

[Yong Shiuh Rong]

gimp print is already installed in my machine, how can I make use of it?

[Mark Grant]

Try cerqating a new printer with cups and when you get to the bit about drivers, most of them on the list will say "+gimp-print".

However, I'm not sure what happens with Red HAt if you have been using "lp" and suddenly start using cups because cups replaces all the "lp" cpmmands when it installs. Fo rthat reason, I'd be tempted to remove cups and then re-install it.

[Yong Shiuh Rong]

Actually this is the first time I setup printer in Linux. I have heard about CUPS and LPRng but have never try to use it until today.

[Martin P.J. Zinser]

Hello Yong,

all things CUPS at www.cups.org
Gimp-print http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/

esp, http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3

which lists the DeskJet 900 series as operational, i.e. it should work with your printer.

Greetings, Martin

[Yong Shiuh Rong]

Mark, after installing the printer with CUPS, I do not see any gimp-print in the CUPS page.

[Mark Grant]

In situations like this, I tend to de-install cups, de-install gimp-print and then build from source gimp-print and cups in that order. CUPS need to see the gimp print drivers in there. You MIGHT get away with just re-building gimp-print.

The problem is that cups needs to find the gimp-print stuff on disk

[Yong Shiuh Rong]

After a series of trying and testing, I manage to connect the printer with ipp mode. thanks :)