Re: [ALUG] Re: Re: Problem with HP 7310 printer (HPLIP) and CUPS, won't print

Chris Green wrote:

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 10:56:12PM +0000, Ian bell wrote:

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You also need to make sure this script runs BEFORE the cups daemon is started.

Yes, I have done that too. In /etc/rc.d/rc.M:-

# Start the HP driver hplip.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip ]; then
    /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip restart
fi

# Start the print spooling system.  This will usually be LPD or CUPS.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.cups ]; then
  # Start CUPS:
  /etc/rc.d/rc.cups start
elif [ -x /usr/sbin/lpd ]; then
  # Start LPD:
  echo "Starting the line printer daemon:  /usr/sbin/lpd"
  /usr/sbin/lpd
fi

I know you realise this works only if the printer is switched on and connected to the PC when the PC is turned on. And I assume you have a suitable ppd file and saved it in the /usr/share/cups/model/ directory? If you have done all this and it still does not work I am at a loss to see why.

Ian