[cups.general] HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP

[Berend De Schouwer]

On 08/03/2011 13:10, Len Lopez wrote:
> Using CUPS 1.2.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2
>
> We have two HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP printers. I cannot find the correct driver listed. Usually I use another that works, but in this case I fail to get anything working at all. Initially the printer kept reinitialising as soon as I printed from a wrong driver. After a firmware upgrade, the printer just chooses to ignore any requests to print.

When all else fails Laserjets usually obey the ancient HP LaserJet 4+
driver.  Nothing fancy.  No high DPI, no paper selection.  But the
printer is no longer a paperweight.

> Does anyone know if there is a suitable one or a way of obtaining a PPD file? I downloaded hplip-3.11.1_rhel-5.0.i386.rpm from hplipopensource.com, but I don't know what to do with it.

rpm -ivh hplip*.rpm (and possibly hpijs*.rpm)  You should get (at least)
one file called /usr/lib/cups/backends/hp or
/usr/lib/cups/backends/hplip.  It should also start a hp-something-d
process.

Setup the printer using the Cups tool as an hp:// or hplip:// printer.

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