HP 1020 Printer issue

[Lee Gold]

the latest ver pf Xubuntu automatically adds an extra driver when it
sees the HP1020. I tried vers of Debian and other distros and it never
worked no matter what I tried. But Xubuntu (I assume some other distros)
knew what was needed.

I have:

uname -a
Linux user1-ESSEX2 3.13.0-46-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 2 18:26:13
UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux


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On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, at 07:32 AM, John Hupp wrote:
> On 3/3/2015 8:41 PM, Chris wrote:
> > On Tue, 2015-03-03 at 18:43 -0500, John Hupp wrote:
> >> On 3/3/2015 5:59 PM, Chris wrote:
> >>> Some strange entries in my syslog pertaining to my printer
> >>>
> >>> http://pastebin.com/xGfnztcz
> >>>
> >>> the current kernel is 3.13.0-46-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 2
> >>> 18:23:39 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux, seems like the printer
> >>> will not initialize during the boot process as it used to in previous
> >>> kernel versions. As shown below in my sig this is Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS.
> >>> Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> A double-check on the cause: If you enter the grub menu by holding down
> >> the Shift key during boot, and then choosing an older kernel, does the
> >> printer work once again?
> >>
> >>
> > Nope, will not initialize, booted to 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP
> > Tue Dec 16 00:22:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cups shows
> > Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 1020	localhost	HP LaserJet 1020
> > Foomatic/foo2zjs-z1 (recommended)	Processing - "Waiting for printer to
> > become available."
> >
> > Turned printer off and on several times, finally printed test page.
> >
> > Booting back to 3.13.0-46.77
> >
> 
> If the problem persists with the older kernel, then it seems that the 
> kernel upgrade was not the cause.
> 
> If you cycled power several times then successfully printed a test page, 
> I begin to suspect a hardware problem.
> 
> If it were me, at this point I would want to be running some self-test 
> pages (without the computer).  But that's more challenging on this 
> 1020.  You have to remove some covers and then jump a couple pins, as at 
> http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/how-to-get-test-page-from-laserjet-1020-without-PC/td-p/640119
> 
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