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Printing Rant! Why is this so hard?
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this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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You're supposed to use
hplipfor HP printers. There's a Debian package for it in the main repositories.edit: You can look up the printers and supported features with
hpliphere. Looks like your printer is perfectly supported (as long as you lethplip's tray program install their proprietary driver plugin).I will try that. Thanks! I am not sure what features I don't get to use because of the USB/Generic PCL printer setup I have now.
That was worse - the test page failed with "filter failed", went back to "Generic PCL Laser Printer", and was able to print a full Debian test page again.
Have you installed the plugin within
hplip, or rather, the hplip-GUI program? Have you removed the old printer from CUPS before trying?I don't really understand the CUPS web interface at localhost:[cups port] but I am removing the printer from the control panel and ensuring it disappeared over a reboot. I installed the hplip package using apt. I don't know if it brought a GUI along with it. I have been interacting with things using the settings app.
What settings app?
hp-toolboxis the program to use (which might in your applications menu as "HP Device Manager"), alternativelyhp-setupto set it up from the CLI."settings" in KDE, the icon is two slider controls.
Did you use hplip over USB or Ethernet? It might not be meant for use over USB.
I am using "Generic PCL laserprinter" and it seems to be working well enough now.