hpG55 usb printing

Matt Broughton walterwego at macosx.com.invalid
Mon Feb 5 16:52:00 PST 2007


In article <28470-cups.general at news.easysw.com>,
 Larry Stumpf <lar_rys-la_66 at znet.com> wrote:


> > 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>


> Matt, Thanks for the info. I went to the cups faqs and learned that I have to 
> print through the CUPSptal backend not the usb backend. They say to configure 
> the device ptal - init setup, then restart the cups daeman.  Do I leave the 
> G55 connected via usb? Now, if I use the Fedora Core 5 Printer Configuration 
> GUI it automatically scans for the printer and comes up with /usb/lpo. It has 
> the provision to select a custom device, should I use that and how do I do 
> so?   How do I configure the 'device ptal - init setup? Thanks for your help. 

I don't have any further knowledge in this area.  I was aware of the 
problems with this device through my work on Mac OS X.

Hopefully someone with knowledge of the ptal backend etc will provide 
more info.

Matt

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