Printer Problem - G55 and Lucid Puppy

[2srp529]

I can't get Lucid Puppy to print to my HP G55 printer. I installed Lucid Puppy just recently, and have not had experience running any earlier versions.

[rcrsn51]

Go here and install the hpijs-3.10.2-dynppd.pet. It has a driver for your HP Officejet g55 that should work in Lupu.

[2srp529]

I've now installed hpijs-3.10.2-dynppd.pet and selected the 3.10.2 driver for the G55 and tried printing a test page. The job has hung in a state of "processing" when looked at in CUPS. When I click on the printer name I get this message that might be relevant:

The connection was refused when attempting to contact puppypc:0.

[rcrsn51]

How did you install the printer? The usual way is to click the Administration tab and select Find New Printers. I did test installs of two HP printers in Lupu 500 with the HPIJS driver and they worked fine.

By clicking on various things, I could occasionally get the "Connection refused" message, but the printer was working.

[2srp529]

Under the Admin tab I just deleted the printer to be sure there were no legacy issues, and then reinstalled it. It identifies the printer during setup, but won't print.

[rcrsn51]

That's too bad. How are you connected - directly via USB? Does this unit use something special to set it online?

I notice that there is also a Gutenprint driver for the G55. Did you already try it?

[2srp529]

The HP Office G55 printer is connected by USB. I tried the Gutenprint driver first, before trying the driver you suggested.

[2srp529]

I have now tried plugging in a Lexmark printer with a USB cable. CUPS promptly noted it was there when I went to install it within the Admin tab. I tried to print. It thinks it printed, but it doesn't print. I don't think it is creating a PDF either. So it seems like the same or similar problem as with my HP G55 printer. Is there some sort of permission issue?

[rcrsn51]

Is there some sort of permission issue?

No. This should be straight-forward. There could be a hardware problem with your USB port or cable, or your Lucid install is somehow corrupted.

Do you have another machine you could try this on? Or maybe try a different Puppy, like Quirky 1.2.

[2srp529]

OK. I've tried it now with Quirky. Same result. Neither printer works, using different cables. I just tried get my laptop to boot up with Puppy so I could try this on a different system. No go. I keep specifying in the BIOS setup screen to boot from CD but Windows keeps grabbing control every time -- I can't figure out how to get it to stop. This whole exercise started because my Vista OS got corrupted on my desktop PC. Thanks for your help, but at this point I figure I may just have to go and buy Windows 7 and do a new install.