I know an unfriendly printer. Helping a friend install Ubuntu on her
computer I experienced problems with the hp Deskjet 3653 printer. It
was not automatically detected by Ubuntu versions Breezy (5.10) or
Gusty(7.10). When I replaced the hp Deskjet 3653 with a hp Deskjet 6112,
however, it was automatically detected, and printed the test page
successfully.<br /><br />I found a work around for the hp Deskjet 3653
printer on Ubuntu forums,
[url]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrintersHp[/url]
(see last line below*), but it did not work for me. I found other posts
complaining about the 3653. For example this on from IAmMe1,<br
/>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4321732#post4321732, "I
know this is a somewhat common problem, but I can't find a good solution
that works for me... My HP DeskJet 3653 won't print. First of all, I have
the printer connected to a USB port in the back of my box, but when I try
to add a printer, the printer doesn't show up under detected printers. I
manually select a location, then select the hpijs driver. There seem to be
no other problems, until I try to print... It says that the printer has a
job, but it's not doing anything. Any ideas on how to solve this?"<br
/><br /><br />Make: HP<br />Model: DeskJet 3650<br />Driver:
hpijs<br />Supported: No<br />Works: Yes<br />Version: v5.04 (Hoary) &
v5.10 (Breezy)<br />*Not detected. Have to choose it from the list in
Gnome printer install.<br /><br />Michael Morgan<br />librarian@kclug.org