[SOLVED] Setting up the wireless printer HP c6380

[theAdmiral]

I downloaded HPLIP, and I began the install process. After 'make', it prompted me to restart. Thinking that would be good, I restarted. When I logged back in I tried to print a document, and it didn't print. I don't know what to do. I tried to follow the directions at http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web...all/index.html, and they weren't very good. How can I tell if everything is installed for the printer? Once it is installed, how do I configure it and set it up? It is a wireless printer.

Thanks,
theAdmiral

[ryptyde]

Check this thread hp-setup it should help.

[theAdmiral]

The given thread is non-resolving. I ran hp-setup, and at the part where I am supposed to plug in a usb cable and detect the printer, the printer does not show up in the list. What do I do?

thanks,
theAdmiral

[ryptyde]

Originally Posted by theAdmiral

The given thread is non-resolving. I ran hp-setup, and at the part where I am supposed to plug in a usb cable and detect the printer, the printer does not show up in the list. What do I do?

thanks,
theAdmiral

I thought you were going wireless and did you install all of the HP related packages listed in the thread?

[theAdmiral]

I tried performing the first step in the first thread, and that is where I got hung up. I am going wireless, to clarify. But to set up wireless, I have to "temporarily" plug in a usb cable. That is in the hp-setup wizard.

[scottro]

Sigh, I've run into similar things with HP setup.

Assuming hplip is properly installed:

hp-setup -i <IP Address of printer>

See if that works.

See if you can find the ppd file first, in case it doesn't find it, so you can direct it to the file. Also, if possible, choose the cups ppd, not the hpijs one. If you did it from the tarball, (or ran the script, in the directory hplip-3.9.8, there should be a subdirectory of ppds, with hpcups and hpjis or something similar in there. Make sure you use the one in the hpcups directory.

[theAdmiral]

I seem to be making progress. It found the *.ppd file. The step after finding that file is reading:
Yes, I included the actual step of finding it and displaying that it was found.

Found PPD file: drv:///hp/hpcups.drv/hp-photosmart_c6300_series.ppd
q=quit) ?ocation description for this printer (q

This code text was copy/pasted from the terminal. I have not quit it, yet. I don't know what to do. It will probably remain there for some time until I figure out what to do with it. How do I describe where my printer is given the text in the code?

Thank you for your help,
theAdmiral

[David Batson]

I don't know if this will be any help or not. I set up my Canon PIXMA MP600 usb printer to work wirelessly by using the print server feature of my router. This was in Mandriva. Here is what I did.

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=506242#506242

[scottro]

Sorry Admiral (should I say, Sorry Sir?), I should have been more complete. You can just hit enter for that and the next few things. You don't really have to fill them in.

Then, it will ask if you want to do a test page. I always say no, because I'm a miser, and it uses lots of ink. What I do instead is then make the printer the default printer by using lpadmin. For example, my printer is shown as whatever, and I choose the name HPC4795. Then, once I've said no test page and hit q for quit (once it's added the printer, you can really quit), I do

lpadmin -d HPC4795

This tells cups to make it the default. Otherwise, cups won't have a default printer, even if there's only one.

Next I do

echo hello |lp

This pipes the command "echo hello" which would just say hello on the screen, to the lp command which should run the printer.

Then, I hold my breath and see if the printer prints it.

Once it does, I then usually find that running

scanimage -L

will also find the scanner. It may give it some almost impossible to rewrite name, but it should find it, and if it does, it will also work with xsane.

[ryptyde]

I have set up my HP C8180 from F9, 10 and 11 using hp-setup in 3 steps and the most important part was having the ip address of the printer. I have a touch screen on mine and it is available under "set up" .

[theAdmiral]

[theAdmiral@localhost ~]$ hp-setup -i 192.168.0.4

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.5)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.)


Setting up device: hp:/net/Photosmart_C6300_series?ip=192.168.0.4



---------------------
| PRINT QUEUE SETUP |
---------------------


Please enter a name for this print queue (m=use model name:'Photosmart_C6300'*, q=quit) ?Photosmart_C6300_L_L
Using queue name: Photosmart_C6300_L_L
Locating PPD file... Please wait.
warning: No PPD found for model photosmart_c6300 using new algorithm. Trying old algorithm...

Found PPD file: drv:///hp/hpcups.drv/hp-photosmart_c6300_series.ppd
Enter a location description for this printer (q=quit) ?
Enter additonal information or notes for this printer (q=quit) ?

Adding print queue to CUPS:
Device URI: hp:/net/Photosmart_C6300_series?ip=192.168.0.4
Queue name: Photosmart_C6300_L_L
PPD file: drv:///hp/hpcups.drv/hp-photosmart_c6300_series.ppd
Location:
Information:
error: Printer queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again.
[theAdmiral@localhost ~]$

I got my printer to see my modem. Trying to connect my printer to my computer now, wirelessly. Given the above output, does anybody have any suggestions on what to do next please...I'm stuck.

Thanks,

[smr54]

Did you restart cups? Was it running when you started? Did you run this as root? Looking at the prompt, seems you ran it as regular user, and it will require root privilege to install.

[theAdmiral]

Logged in as root and repeated

#hp-setup -i ...

Resolved.

[smr54]

Glad it was relatively simple.

[theAdmiral]

Thanks for your help!