[cups.general] HP Officejet Pro K550

[Till Kamppeter]

PPD files from linuxprinting.org are usually for the newest version of
the appropriate driver. So to get the best of your printer using the PPD
especially made for it you need to update to the newest HPLIP from
http://hpinkjet.sf.net/.

As not too old HP inkjets are more or less compatible to each other, you
could also choose a recent Business Inkjet or PhotoSmart model to get
your printer working (or an OfficeJet if your printer has a built-in
scanner). But note that perhaps not everything of your printer will work
then.

   Till


bernd.gliss at mf.mpg.de wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> 
> I installed the above printer using yast on SuSE 9.2.  Since 9.2 does not contain the ppd file for this printer, I copied the one from linuxprinting.org.
> I checked the usb connection (relevant 'test' within yast works printing 'hello world').  When trying to print a test page, CUPS prepares the output file and forwards everything to the renderer.  Then, the following message appears in /var/cups/error_log with 'debug' switched on:
> 
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:17 +0200] [Job 2] Starting renderer
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:17 +0200] [Job 2] JCL: <job data>
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:17 +0200] [Job 2]
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:17 +0200] [Job 2] renderer PID kid4=8756
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:17 +0200] [Job 2] renderer command: gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="Officejet Pro K550" -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792 -dDuplex=false -r300 -sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2,PS:MediaPosition=7 -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=- -
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:17 +0200] [Job 2] foomatic-gswrapper: gs '-dBATCH' '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dQUIET' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=ijs' '-sIjsServer=hpijs' '-sDeviceManufacturer=HEWLETT-PACKARD' '-sDeviceModel=Officejet Pro K550' '-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612' '-dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792' '-dDuplex=false' '-r300' '-sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2,PS:MediaPosition=7' '-dIjsUseOutputFD' '-sOutputFile=| cat >&3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] unable to set device=Officejet Pro K550, err=16
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] **** Unable to open the initial device, quitting.
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] unable to read client data err=-2
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] renderer return value: 1
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] renderer received signal: 1
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] tail process done writing data to STDOUT
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] KID4 finished
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2]
> D [06/Apr/2006:14:25:21 +0200] [Job 2] Closing renderer
> 
> Probably, I'm doing something stupid, so help is greatly appreciated,
> 
> Bernd Gliss
> 
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