HP LaserJet 1000 with FC4

[platomxv]

Has anyone successfully installed an HP LaserJet 1000 on an FC4 system? I am trying to make this combination work on an IBM Thinkpad T30. The HP LaserJet 1000 was recognized and automatically installed by FC3 on the same Thinkpad. With FC4 the printer is not recognized. Any suggestions appreciated.
Norm

[bigfootnmd]

Step 1. Scroll up and click on Search.
2. Type in box HP laserjet 1000 drivers
3. Follow postings

Web to http://www.linuxprinting.org click on browse database, next click printer listing.
The rest you can do yourself. There is a driver listed and you can download it.

Next if that doesn't work try turboprint
www.turboprint.de/english.html

Good luck

[AleMar]

I'm also having problems with getting HP LaserJet 1000 working in FC4. Driver is installed, but when I click Print Test Page nothing happens..

Does anyone got this printer working under FC4?

[lionelqw]

I've installed with my hp1000w with foo2zjs. It works after install. The problem i've faced with the printer does not work after reboot. Maybe the problem is with the hotplug. I've not figured out yet what can be the problem. I recommend foo2zj. On FC3 I had the same problems first, than I have solved it. The problem is that i just can't remember how... I'm workin' on it.

[platomxv]

lionelqw, thanks for your response. My post has been on this forum since June 28th, and no one is reporting a trouble free installation of an HP 1000 printer on FC4. I have to believe that HP1000 support in FC4 is broken. I agree that the HP1000 worked just fine in FC3, but I don't want to reinstall FC3 just for a printer. I'll find another solution.
platomxv

[danielle]

as advised on http://www.linuxplusvalue.be/mylpv.php?id=85#AEN11492 I changed the file /etc/cups/cupsdconf
to put LogLevel from info to debug
I restarted cups with /etc/init.d/cups restart
$ /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log shows a compilation error an't locate IO.pm in @INC . (@INC contain s: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /5.8.7/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 ..... and so on till 5.8.3
at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i386-linux/IO/Handle.pm line 260.
Yes, there is no IO.pm in all the direcory perl5
Compilation failed in require at ./foomatic-rip line 373.

[danielle]

thanks to google, i found out (http://http.trustix.org/pub/trustix/.../rdfs/filelist) that the missing file shoud be in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/
if somebody could conclude ...

My two cents: my LaserJet 1000 was previously recognized in FC2 as well as FC3. But, following the same instructions on FC4, it did not work. The printer was recognized as a USB device, but the firmware was not loaded when the printer was turned on (I use the driver at http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/). If I manually loaded the firmware with 'cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1000.dl > /dev/usb/lp0', it printed fine. While searching this forum for hotplug issues (I assumed it was a hotplug issue since the firmware load was not being triggered), I found the following link: http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html

In the above, it states that /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug normally contains /sbin/hotplug. However, mine contained /sbin/udevsend. When I changed the contents of /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug to /sbin/hotplug (echo /sbin/hotplug > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug), the firmware was loaded! I don't know the side-effects of making this change yet, but at least I can print now. Hope this helps!

Well, after a reboot, the contents of /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug are back to /sbin/udevsend (not surprising I guess) and no firmware load. This seems to be a known issue as Google has turned up some bug reports indicating the same issue. I haven't found a solution yet but will post back when I do.

[platomxv]

Parkers1
Many thanks for your post. I tried lloading sihp1000.dl using the command you mention

'cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1000.dl > /dev/usb/lp0'

This command loads the microcode, and I am able to print on the HP 1000. As you note this is not a full solution, but at last we are making some progress!
Thanks for your tip,
Norm

[PeTzZz]

I have the same problem with LaserJet 1005. I don't remember if it was a certain update or any new fedora, but on one moment the firmware didn't get loaded when I turned my computer or the printer on. I haven't found a solution, but I haven't search so much too. It is uncomfortable to load the firmware manually every time I want to print something.

I made a little search and found this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=160362 . It is the same situation, but with another hardware. Maybe we should mention our similar problem in that bug report.

I don't have time to make a bigger search at the moment, but let's keep in touch.

Hey, I just added to that bug report a little while ago, before I read your post. Let's hope something comes out of it...

Well, in case anyone is curious and hasn't checked Bugzilla yet, it looks like the LJ1000 falls out of the normal firmware load method. Apparently, we would need to write a udev rule to make the firmware load properly. I had started to look at this but got bogged down; maybe another day when I have more time. For now, I guess it's a shell script with the 'cat ....' command in it

[PeTzZz]

I found this how-to about writing udev rules. There is also an example how to write an udev rule for a printer. Note that you have to turn on your printer to run the second command in that example.

This was just a quick search with Google. I also don't have time at the moment.

[PeTzZz]

Udev rules were added to the driver package yesterday. Link. I installed those rules, but the firmwire is still not loaded automatically.

Strange.