On Wednesday 07 Mar 2012 06:49:10 Mick wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 Mar 2012 02:11:37 Dale wrote:
> > Paul Hartman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:04 PM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On 03/05/2012 04:52 PM, Mick wrote:
> > >>> Also, in a full KDE desktop I select the hplip tooltray applet (or
> > >>> whatever its called) and also change in there the settings to print
> > >>> landscape.
> > >> 
> > >> I discovered (the very hard way) to delete and re-create the printer
> > >> devices whenever I update hplip.  I kept seeing some really weird
> > >> printing bugs that no one else was seeing, until I deleted and
> > >> re-created the devices with hp-setup.  Worth a try, anyway.
> > > 
> > > With my printer, I must re-run the HP firmware plug-in downloader as
> > > root every time I update hplip. If I forget to do that, the printer
> > > either does not work at all or appears to be working but may do crazy
> > > things.
> > 
> > I have had to do the same thing.  I have also noticed if I don't run the
> > config tool that it will max out one CPU core until I kill hplip or log
> > out and sometimes have to kill hplip then.
> > 
> > Recently, I have noticed I don't have to do that and everything works as
> > expected.  Sort of surprised really.  I have got so used to redoing
> > everything after a update.
> 
> Thanks guys, but I think that I only use the hpjis driver rather than the
> full hplip package.  This is because the printer is connected to this
> printer server:
> 
> http://support.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/2516/
> 
> which works with lpd://<ip_address>
> 
> I remember running the hp-config or some such script some years back.  It
> did not find the printer, or server, or ever configured anything.  It only
> tried to connect to USB devices.  Now looking at my machine I can't see it
> anywhere, but there's loads of other commands there!
> 
> hp-align           hp-info            hp-pqdiag          hp-systray
> hp-check           hp-levels          hp-print           hp-testpage
> hp-clean           hp-linefeedcal     hp-printsettings   hp-timedate
> hp-colorcal        hp-makecopies      hp-probe           hp-toolbox
> hp-devicesettings  hp-makeuri         hp-query           hp-unload
> hp-fab             hp-mkuri           hp-scan            hp-wificonfig
> hp-faxsetup        hp-pkservice       hp-sendfax         hpftodit
> hp-firmware        hp-plugin          hp-setup           hpijs
> 
> I will try to run some of these when I get to that machine next, because I
> will be interested to see if it changes anything.  Any suggestions what I
> should run?

Oops!  Yes, it was hp-setup as you say.  Will try that again and see what it 
gives.

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Regards,
Mick