Printer install problem

[gene heskett]

On 7/25/23 21:48, Bill wrote:
> 
> On 2023-07-25 16:46, gene heskett wrote:
>> On 7/25/23 16:19, Peter Flynn wrote:
>>> On 25/07/2023 20:13, gene heskett wrote:
>>>> On 7/25/23 14:44, Bill wrote:
>>>>> I'm having a problem getting a printer to print.  I am running 
>>>>> Mint-Linux version 21.1 - Mate desktop.  The printer is a HP ENVY 
>>>>> 5530.
>>>
>>> I only ever install hplip direct from the HPLIP site at
>>> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
>>> and not the version from the Mint repos.
>>>
>>>> If you need to use the hp drivers, the first step to do is "sudo apt
>>>> purge cups-browsed", 
>>>
>>> I hadn't come across cups-browsed before. I appear to have it, but it 
>>> doesn't seem to be interfering with my hplip.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>> Send your browser to localhost:631/printers, using a browser that 
>> doesn't steal localhost for google junk.
>> if you have printers you can delete but are recreated by the time the 
>> screen is refreshed after they have been deleted, cups-browsed is 
>> doing it. Purge it, removing all its config stuff, then if needed, 
>> reinstall hplip.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have tried your suggestion of "purge cups-browsed" and reinstalled 
> hplip.  I still am unable to get the printer to work. The status given 
> was "processing" but other attempts at printing said it wasn't 
> connected.  I checked the cable and even tried a different cable.   the 
> /system/administration/printers/ server/connect is /run/cups/cups.sock I 
> tried using this without success.  I tried the other option that was 
> "local host" again without success.
> 
> Any more suggestions?
> 
> Bill
> 
Unforch, no. That was my experience. At this point, I'd file a bug 
against hplip.

The above is my experience with an MFC-J6920DW brother, a huge old 
inkjet I paid nearly $750 for 6 or 7 years ago, with an adf scanner on 
top, two A4/letter trays and a slot on the rear where tabloid paper 
could be hand fed. The scanner also handles tabloid if the lid is 
lifted. I keep glossy color paper in the top tray, and common duplex 
copy paper in the bottom tray. It does an automatic nozzle clean about 
2x a day, and has never clogged a nozzle.  So leave it turned on as 
turning it off could result in clogged nozzles. Ink is about $50 a 4 
pack and there is a $30 BIG black tank that's good for several reams of 
paper.  Best all around MFC printer I have ever had.

The cups ipp anywhere driver can only use the top tray, poor color, no 
duplex. Top tray paper is 10x the price of common duplex copy paper.

And an HL-L2320D brother B&W laser, their cheapest laser at $120 when I 
bought it a couple years ago. Toner is high, but lasts many reams of paper.

The cups default ipp everywhere drivers cannot do duplex, only simplex, 
and about 15 pages a minute, the brother driver does duplex 
automatically, at 19 full duplex pages a minute. The first version of 
that printer lasted about 10 years & finally succumbed to a box of 
eyeglass bow sized screws that fell into it the first year I had it.

Brothers driver installer for linux is a script you run telling it the 
exact model you have, it compares what you have with what brother has 
and if updated drivers are available, downloads and installs them. Run 
it again for another model. If it needs updated, it will also download 
the updated version. of itself.

Keep that script, run it 2-3 times a year and you'll always be pretty up 
to date. Unlike some makers who hate linux, brother likes linux users. 
And no, I don't own stock in brother.  Good luck guy. Take care & stay well.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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