How to use Hewlett Packard F4480 printer?

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druidkat7
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How to use Hewlett Packard F4480 printer?

#1 Post by druidkat7 »

Hey folks...

I am completely new to Puppy. I "migrated" over from Ubuntu 9.10 because my computer just can't hack anything above that level--not without my graphics card "complaining" and making my monitor look like a distorted, late-night-TV "snow test pattern" when I try to select certain screensavers in Lucid Lynx.

So far so good, except I have no real clue how to search for, find and install the recent HPLIP drivers/GUI-Toolbox so that my HP F4480 All-In-One printer can run...I'd Google it now, but it's late and I like talking to people who have experience rather than sit in front of Google, frustrated as all heck at not knowing what I'm doing.

I know that HPLIP needs to be installed, but beyond that, how to configure my printer to use with Puppy is making ME tilt my head in dog-like confusion--or at worst, hide my head under my paws. :P

I know that CUPS supports my printer from having run HPLIP in Ubuntu...but the steps to run in Puppy...surely they'd be different..???

Gotta hit the hay, but am looking forward to a reply.

Blessings,
Kat ^.^

druidkat7
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Found the CUPS wizard, but...

#2 Post by druidkat7 »

...I assume I still need the HPLIP drivers? Can I get them from the Pup Control Panel?

Or...if I need to go elsewhere, where do I go and what exactly do I do?

Details are appreciated so I can copy and paste into a file for saving (and printing!) later--just in case I ever need to reboot Puppy.

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Re: Hewlett Packard F4480--How to configure it?

#3 Post by maik.murks »

druidkat7 wrote:I know that HPLIP needs to be installed, but beyond that, how to configure my printer to use with Puppy is making ME tilt my head in dog-like confusion--or at worst, hide my head under my paws.
Hi druidkat7.

Configuring CUPS in Puppy is as easy as in every other Linux operating system. Just start your web browser and type "localhost:631" without the quotation marks - and immediately you should see the administration site of your installed CUPS.

Hope that helps.

Cheers :wink:

Maik.Murks

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Re: Hewlett Packard F4480--How to configure it?

#4 Post by druidkat7 »

maik.murks wrote:
druidkat7 wrote:I know that HPLIP needs to be installed, but beyond that, how to configure my printer to use with Puppy is making ME tilt my head in dog-like confusion--or at worst, hide my head under my paws.
Hi druidkat7.

Configuring CUPS in Puppy is as easy as in every other Linux operating system. Just start your web browser and type "localhost:631" without the quotation marks - and immediately you should see the administration site of your installed CUPS.

Hope that helps.

Cheers :wink:

Maik.Murks
Okay, I found what you were talking about, and it still says it's "recognizing" my HP F4400 series printer, and I even set my printer as "server default" to see if that would get it to print, but no dice--even though it's sending a "test print job."

I went to the "job log" and this is what I found:

localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:05:12 -0600] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 9728 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:05:12 -0600] "POST /admin HTTP/1.1" 200 2263 - -
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:05:22 -0600] "POST /printers/HP_Deskjet_F4400_series HTTP/1.1" 200 470 Print-Job successful-ok
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:06:14 -0600] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 54 - -
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:06:14 -0600] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 139 CUPS-Set-Default successful-ok
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:06:14 -0600] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 2235 - -
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:06:38 -0600] "POST /printers/HP_Deskjet_F4400_series HTTP/1.1" 200 470 Print-Job successful-ok
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:15:38 -0600] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 16 - -
localhost - - [17/Dec/2011:23:15:38 -0600] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 7286 - -


It says the "jobs were successful," but my printer made no noise at all...Not even so much as the whirr of the paper grabbers or anything.

I still feel like there's something missing--like maybe the HPLIP drivers? :?

Here's some other info you might find useful:

Description: HP Deskjet F4400 series
Location:
Driver: HP DeskJet Series (color)
Connection: usb://HP/Deskjet%20F4400%20series?serial=CN9BHC21V305C5
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in


Anyhow, I'm still mystified--but then again, like I said, I think I've been spoiled by Ubuntu. ;-) So this time, it seems I *really* need to get my uber-geek on! ;-)

Does any of the info in bold above help?

Thanks,
Kat ^.^

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druidkat7
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Thanks!

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Thanks, lluamco! I will try these out later.

Kat ^.^
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Re: Thanks!

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druidkat7 wrote:
Thanks, lluamco! I will try these out later.

Kat ^.^
So!
How did that work out ?

My HP F4280 responds in like manner.

(So, I use the backup printer all the time. )
:)
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