**Solved** ZenMini cannot install HPd110 AIO

[teddyred]

I have tried for two days to install this wireless printer with no luck.  Since Zen is a minimal install, I have added printerdrake, all the hp pkgs, Samba etc.  The 'add printer' icon in PCC is greyed out and the HP Manager gives me a 'ppd file not found' error although the file exists in /usr/share/hp.
I had no problem setting this printer up in PCLOS KDE4 using PCC and one of the bunties installed it automatically.  Could use one of these installs for printer access but much prefer Zen as my principal system!
Maybe I'm missing a pkg or two?
Thanks for any help!

[AS]

I have tried for two days to install this wireless printer with no luck.  Since Zen is a minimal install, I have added printerdrake, all the hp pkgs, Samba etc.  The 'add printer' icon in PCC is greyed out and the HP Manager gives me a 'ppd file not found' error although the file exists in /usr/share/hp.
I had no problem setting this printer up in PCLOS KDE4 using PCC and one of the bunties installed it automatically.  Could use one of these installs for printer access but much prefer Zen as my principal system!
Maybe I'm missing a pkg or two?
Thanks for any help!

Hi,

first check your system is fully updated, the fact that 'add printer' is grayed out, may be because 'cups' service is not running,
the ppd related to a configured printer should be found in /etc/cups/ppd once the printer is configured, the one in /usr/share/hp is a 'template' file.

about possible missed packages, check for 'cups', 'ghostscript', 'hplip'.

You can also try to configure your printer using a cups admin interface, pointing your browser to http://localhost:631,
if the page is not available that means that cups is surely not running.

AS

[teddyred]

Thanks, as.............cups was not running.  So I started it in PCC, switched back to Hardware-setup printer, and the 'add printer' icon was still greyed out.  Went back to system services and cups had stopped.
So apparently my system for some reason is preventing cups from continuing to run.

[AS]

Hi,

... I have seen a similar behavior in a different thread ...here:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,87327.msg729222.html#msg729222

AS

[teddyred]

I tried the instructions given in the separate thread you gave the link to, but none of it works.  I did setup the printer via the Cups webpage, but it doesn't show up in PCC or anywhere else.  The output of lpstat -t is:

   scheduler is running
no system default destination
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found

Just can't get Cups to stay on...

[AS]

I tried the instructions given in the separate thread you gave the link to, but none of it works.  I did setup the printer via the Cups webpage, but it doesn't show up in PCC or anywhere else.  The output of lpstat -t is:

   scheduler is running
no system default destination
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found
lpstat: Not Found

Just can't get Cups to stay on...

cups is running, your problem is different.

Can you confirm your system is fully updated ? cups-1.4.6-1pclos2011: is this your cups version ?

try to post here the content of the file /etc/cups/printers.conf

AS

[teddyred]

cups is running, your problem is different.

Can you confirm your system is fully updated ? cups-1.4.6-1pclos2011: is this your cups version ?

try to post here the content of the file /etc/cups/printers.conf

AS
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No, after closing PCC, I just opened it and checked system services and cups is NOT running.
Yes, I'm fully updated and the version of cups is 1.4.6-1pclos2011.
Here's the content of /etc/cups/printers.conf:

   
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.6
# Written by cupsd on 2011-03-06 12:13
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING
<Printer HP_Photosmart_D110_series>
Info HP Photosmart D110 series
Location
MakeModel HP Photosmart d110 Series, hpcups 3.11.1
DeviceURI socket://192.168.1.10:9100
State Idle
StateTime 1299431579
Type 36876
Filter application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
Filter application/vnd.cups-raster 0 hpcups
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>

[AS]

No, after closing PCC, I just opened it and checked system services and cups is NOT running.

then try to check if service cups is enabled: PCC -> System -> Manage Services
or
chkconfig --list cups

you should obtain an output like the following:
cups            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off   7:on

AS

[teddyred]

This is the output:


[root@localhost teddyred]# chkconfig --list cups
cups              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off   7:off

[AS]

This is the output:


[root@localhost teddyred]# chkconfig --list cups
cups              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off   7:off

OK, you need to enable cups: goto PCC -> System -> Manage Services -> search cups and mark the "on boot" checkbox
or, if you prefer CLI: chkconfig cups on

lastly execute service cups restart, then try to configure your printer from PCC -> Hardware -> Printer.

AS

[teddyred]

Did all the above and still no go.  Cups will not remain 'on'.  Between the time I leave system services and select 'setup printer', it's off again.
When opening the setup dialog, the printerdrake box flashes for a tiny instant and disappears.
And when I execute 'service cups restart', it tells me lpstat: not found. 
I sure would be curious to know if anyone else has been able to setup a printer in Zen!

[AS]

In printerdrake (PCC -> Hw -> Printers) if you press the red button "configure CUPS", what have you there ?
specifically "remote CUPS server and no local cups daemon" is on or off ?

AS

[teddyred]

CUPS Configuration (as superuser) tells me:

  Remote CUPS server and local CUPS daemon: On; Server: 192.168.1.10

Everything else is greyed out.

as, don't believe I can set up the printer with this iteration of PCLOS.
Something is missing.
I have spent days trying to access this printer to no avail.  Bunty Mint did it automatically.
PCLOS KDE did it with some prodding.

So I don't care to go any further with this.
Thanks for your attempts to help.

[Texstar]

Zen Mini is a highly stripped downed version for those advanced users who know how to setup their systems. Comparing it to *buntu or Mint is very unfair as they include all the needed stuff to setup a printer by default.

[AS]

CUPS Configuration (as superuser) tells me:

  Remote CUPS server and NO local CUPS daemon: On; Server: 192.168.1.10[/i]

the above is the reason because your problems, you have configured cups saying that should look on 192.168.1.10 for cups server AND to turn off local CUPS.
Hope it's not too late for you to correct the problem before to switch distro. I'm nearly sure that once you have configured cups to run locally, your printer will be automatically
recognized from PCLOS.

As additional info, I have installed Zen-mini in virtualbox, to better understand your issue, after update I have installed printerdrake and all it's dependedcies for a total
of 128 packages. At the first run printerdrake, ask if you want to use a local or remote server, probably a wrong answer at installation time is the source your problems.

AS