hpG55 usb printing

[Matt Broughton]

In article <28455-cups.general at news.easysw.com>,
 Larry Stumpf <lar_rys-la_66 at znet.com> wrote:

> > Hello, My hpG55 prints fine in parallel mode. In usb mode, after 
> > configuring, it does not print a test page. I have Fedora Core 3 kernel 
> > 2.6.9-1.667, hpijs-1.6, CUPS 1.1.22, and hpG55.ppd. The CUPS Mini-HOWTO 
> > says the /dev/ file system should contain "crw-rw--- 1 lp sys 180, 0 Jan 4 
> > 19:34 /dev/usb/lp0" My /dev/ files show only /dev/usb/lpo and properties 
> > show 0 bytes and -rw-rw---. It passes cupstestppd hpG55.ppd. The error 
> > messages are "Adding start banner page "none" to job 566", "Adding end 
> > banner page "none" to job 566", "Job 566 queued on 'hpG55' by 'root'", 
> > "Started filter /usb/lib/cups/filter/pstops(PID3174)for job 566","Started  
> > filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip(PID3175)for job 566","Started 
> > backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb(PID3176)for job 566". Please tell me what 
> > to do? Thanks, Larry


I believe this is a known issue with this device.  See 
<http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/HpFAQ#HP_Office
Jet_G55> and
<http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/HpFAQ#HP_Office
Jets>

For Mac OS X users, there is this description.
<http://linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/USB.html>

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Matt Broughton
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