[AuckLUG] HP Color LasrJet 5M ...

[Nevyn]

Just a quick note - I did figure out the password thing. I wasn't part
of the lpadmin group. (had a mishap with my account which resulted in
my losing all my groups)

On Feb 11, 2008 5:31 PM, Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Funnily enough I had a problem trying to get printing going today. I
> found myself using the CUPs interface (http://127.0.0.1:631) to figure
> it out as I was finding gnome's printer configuration tool wasn't
> giving me any details as to the status of the printer nor was it
> letting me make any changes (kept asking for a password and wasn't
> accepting my password - whereas the cups interface, though being much
> the same, allowed me to log on as root which I've enabled on my
> installation of Ubuntu.
>
> Regards,
> Nevyn.
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 12:41 PM, Che Raymond <Raymond.Che at progressive.co.nz> wrote:
> > Hi Zed,
> >
> > Did you added your local printer via the GUI or command promt?
> > I had a same problem while ago - I tried to get my RedHat working with a
> > colour printer, I added the printer as the local printer via the GUI
> > followed all steps it prompted, but it didn't work. I therefore checked
> > the configuration file under /etc and the printer was not there! Finally
> > I needed to manually edit the config file and it works for the text
> > file.
> > Did you check your configuration under the /etc dir yet?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aucklug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:aucklug-bounces at linux.net.nz]
> > On Behalf Of Vincent Wang
> > Sent: Monday, 11 February 2008 10:20 a.m.
> > To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] HP Color LasrJet 5M ...
> >
> > Hi Zed
> > Haven't got any idea though. Can you please check two things:
> >
> > 1. Check the log for any related errors, /var/log/....   or
> > /var/spool/lpd...... or somewhere under this folder;
> >
> > 2. Try to print a plain text file, and check that the file has been sent
> > to printing job queue which located under the folder /var/spool/
> >
> > Any other ideas guys?
> >
> >
> > Vincent Wang
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: zed <zed at zed.net.nz>
> > To: aucklug at linux.net.nz
> > Sent: Monday, 11 February, 2008 9:29:31 AM
> > Subject: [AuckLUG] HP Color LasrJet 5M ...
> >
> > On 7 Feb I sent a very long email to the group regarding problems I was
> > having in getting a HP Color LaserJet 5M working with LinuxMINT.  I
> > think
> > the message is still somewhere in cyberspace, as I cannot believe
> > members
> > of the group are unable to offer advice.
> >
> > Briefly.  I bought a secondhand HP Color LaserJet 5M, after checking
> > that
> > it worked with Linux.  Despite all my efforts to get it to work, I have
> > not succeeded.  I have tried both the cljet5 and hpljs drivers, without
> > success.
> >
> > It works perfectly under Windows XP.
> >
> > Is there any member who lives in the West Auckland area  - I live in
> > Henderson - who would be willing to come along and assist me to get this
> > printer installed correctly, because I'm obviously doing something
> > wrong.
> > I am quite happy to pay for the service.
> >
> > Zed
> >
> > --
> > zed
> >
> > Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
> >
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