[cups.general] HP PSC-750 "Media tray empty!" Error

[Till Kamppeter]

This printer does not need the "usb" backend of CUPS, and so you can 
surround the bug easily. Either use the HPOJ of your distro, or better, 
use the new HPLIP from

http://hpinkjet.sf.net/

They bring their own CUPS backends. And in addition you will then be 
able to scan with SANE and with HPLIP you can also do printer 
maintenance tasks (as nozzle cleaning, head alignment, ...).

    Till




Jeff Cranmer wrote:
> I am trying to use the my PSC-750 printer/scanner/copier with the HP PSC
> 750xi Foomatic/hpijs printer driver.
> 
> When I try to send a test page, I get a 'media tray empty' error, though
> there is plenty of paper in the tray.
> 
> I have successfully configured a HP DeskJet Series CUPS v1.1 driver to
> work with this printer, but the quality is not what it was with the HP
> PSC 750xi Foomatic/hpijs driver on my old (now removed) Mandrake 9.2
> install.
> 
> The driver is the same one which worked with Mandrake, and I'm running a
> Gentoo 2.4.27 kernel (though the same error appears on my gentoo 2.6
> kernel).
> 
> In previous searches, I have seen a few other similar posts claiming
> that it is a bug in the latest version of cups and how it interfaces
> with usb, but haven't found any work-around solutions described.
> 
> Has anyone experienced the same problems and found a permanent solution?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
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