Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Why can't I print in landscape?

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Wednesday 07 Mar 2012 06:51:41 Mick wrote:
> 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.  

OK, I just ran it and it won't find the printer.  I think hplip will not run on 
lpd:// protocol, which is strange because hpijs works fine - well, was working 
fine.

hp-setup fails for my network server and defaults to USB:
===========================================
# hp-setup -i 10.10.10.4

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to 
accept the default.)
                                                                                
Using connection type: usb
                                                                               error: 
Invalid device URI: 
error: No device selected/specified or that supports this functionality.
===========================================


hp-probe won't find it either:
===========================================
$ hp-probe -bnet

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10)
Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.


--------------------
| DEVICE DISCOVERY |
--------------------

Probing network for printers. Please wait, this will take approx. 10 
seconds...
                                                                              warning: 
No devices found on the 'net' bus. If this isn't the result you are expecting,
warning: check your network connections and make sure your internet
warning: firewall software is disabled.

Done.
===========================================


However, the PS121 print server is there waiting for connections and the HP 
930c is connected to it and switched on:

$ nc -v -w 2 -z 10.10.10.4 1-10000
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 9100 (jetdirect) open
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 3010 (?) open
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 631 (ipp) open
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 515 (printer) open
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 139 (netbios-ssn) open
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 80 (http) open
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 23 (telnet) open
PS121.STUDY [10.10.10.4] 21 (ftp) open

These are my flags:

[I] net-print/hplip
     Installed versions:  3.11.10(20:12:51 01/29/12)(X acl hpcups hpijs kde 
libnotify policykit qt4 -doc -fax -minimal -parport -scanner -snmp -static-
ppds)

[I] net-print/cups
     Installed versions:  1.4.8-r1!t(18:07:11 01/29/12)(X acl dbus filters jpeg 
ldap pam png ssl threads tiff -debug -elibc_FreeBSD -gnutls -java -kerberos -
linguas_da -linguas_de -linguas_es -linguas_eu -linguas_fi -linguas_fr -
linguas_id -linguas_it -linguas_ja -linguas_ko -linguas_nl -linguas_no -
linguas_pl -linguas_pt -linguas_pt_BR -linguas_ru -linguas_sv -linguas_zh -
linguas_zh_TW -perl -php -python -slp -static-libs -xinetd)

Am I missing something obvious?
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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