Printers

[Billy Crook]

There's a difference between "unfriendly" and "not automatically
detected".  If you want unfriendly, look to lexmark.  As I understand
it, they actively fought to keep linux from working with their
printers a while back.  A little bit of thinking every once in a while
is a good thing.  It keeps our brains from shrinking during evolution.
 Setting up a printer isn't something you do to the same printer and
computer on a daily basis.  It's OK if you have to dust off the
keyboard to do it.

And the hpijs driver isn't always the best pick for hp's despite its
"(recommended)" suffix in cups.  I've got an HP printer that breaks
one page into about 40 if using hpijs, but works fine with
gutenprint-ijs.  If the manufacturer isn't going to support their
printer, give all the matching printer drivers a shot, because it can
make a difference


On Feb 13, 2008 2:02 AM, Michael Morgan <mike at handuma.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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,
> 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?"
>
>
> Make:  HP
> Model: DeskJet 3650
> Driver: hpijs
> Supported: No
> Works: Yes
> Version: v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy)
> *Not detected. Have to choose it from the list in Gnome printer install.
>
> Michael Morgan
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