[PLUG] Help - problem in installing printer

Sun Aug 11 15:56:32 UTC 2002

Hi Carla,

Thanks for your advice.

STILL FAILED
===========

As advised upgrade RH7.3 to install all packages under development

Upgrade "ghostscript"
(URL : http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/install.php )

# rpm -Uvh /root/Download/Printer/ghostscript-7.05-2.i386.rpm

# gs -h

GNU Ghostscript 7.05 (2002-04-22)
Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
  -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer messages
  -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch resolution
  -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last file
  -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                          embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
    display x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono bmpmono bmpgray
    bmpsep1 bmpsep8 bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m bmp32b deskjet djet500 laserjet
    ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d lj5mono lj5gray cdeskjet
    cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 pj pjxl pjxl300 uniprint ijs stp bj10e bj200
    bjc600 bjc800 faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b
    pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm
    pkmraw pksm pksmraw tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack
    tiff12nc tiff24nc psmono psgray psrgb bit bitrgb bitcmyk png16m pnggray
    pngmono png256 png16 jpeg jpeggray pdfwrite pswrite epswrite pxlmono
    pxlcolor x11cmyk2 x11cmyk4 x11cmyk8 x11rg16x x11rg32x atx23 atx24 atx38
    fs600 lp2563 oce9050 bmpamono bmpasep1 bmpasep8 bmpa16 bmpa256 bmpa16m
    bmpa32b cgmmono cgm8 cgm24 miff24 pcx2up plan9bm pnga appledmp iwhi iwlo
    iwlq ccr cdj500 declj250 dnj650c lj4dith escp djet500c cljet5pr lj3100sw
    coslw2p coslwxl cp50 epson eps9mid eps9high ibmpro epsonc ap3250 st800
    stcolor DJ630 DJ6xx DJ6xxP DJ8xx DJ9xx DJ9xxVIP AP21xx cdj850 cdj670
    cdj890 cdj1600 cdj880 cdj970 lj250 paintjet pjetxl hl7x0 imagen jetp3852
    lbp8 lips3 lp8000 m8510 necp6 lq850 lxm5700m oki182 okiibm photoex r4081
    sj48 t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 cfax dfaxlow dfaxhigh cif inferno
    mgrmono mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgr4 mgr8 sgirgb cljet5 cljet5c
    nullpage
Search path:
    . : /root/.kde/share/fonts : /usr/share/ghostscript/lib :
    /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts : /usr/share/fonts/Type1
For more information, see /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-7.05/Use.htm.
Report bugs to bug-gs at ghostscript.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.

ijs  IS NOT HIGHLIGHTED
====================

Download another package "ghostscript-7.05-16.i386.rpm"

# rpm -Uvh /root/Download/Printer/ghostscript-7.05-16.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
         Omni >= 0.6.1 is needed by ghostscript-7.05-16
         libpng12.so.0   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-16
         libstdc++.so.5   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-16

AGAIN :- Download another package "ghostscript-7.05-17.alpha.rpm"

# rpm -Uvh /root/Download/Printer/Ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05-17.alpha.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
         Omni >= 0.6.1 is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libc.so.6.1   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libc.so.6.1(GLIBC_2.0)   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libc.so.6.1(GLIBC_2.1)   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libc.so.6.1(GLIBC_2.1.3)   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libc.so.6.1(GLIBC_2.2)   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libdl.so.2.1   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libm.so.6.1   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libm.so.6.1(GLIBC_2.0)   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libpng12.so.0   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17
         libstdc++.so.5   is needed by ghostscript-7.05-17

 From KDE (ADD Printer in Graphic Mode)
================================

K_Start -> System -> Printer Configuration
to start "printconf-gui"

click "New" to start "Add a New Print Queue"
Click "Next" to start "Set the Print Queue Name and Type"
Add "H" under "Queue Name" and select "Local Printer"
Click "Next" to popup "Configure a Local Printer" window
Device   /dev/lp0
Model    HP DeskJet 694C
(Remark:  This is the default model.  According to its Note : The drivers 
should cover HP Deskjet 690C-694C)

Tried all drivers of this model with NO RESULT

TEST:
====
 From "Test" dropdown list select "US Letter Postscript TestPage" and the 
click "OK"
No Printout

 From "Test" dropdown list select "A4 Postscript TestPage" and the click "OK"
No Printout

 From "Test" dropdown list select "ASCII Test TestPage" and the click "OK"
No Printout

Changed the model to HP DeskJet 690C and conducted another TEST but still 
NO RESULT

(Remark : I am not allowed to make change to this model")

I think the problem comes from "ghostscript-7.05-2.i386.rpm".  This version 
is not suitable.  However I have no idea to find out the packages for 
generating the dependencies for the installation of

ghostscript-7.05-16.i386.rpm

and

ghostscript-7.05-17.alpha.rpm

Which is the correct mailing list of "www.linuxprint.org" for posting "HELP"

Stephen

At 10:14 PM 8/9/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Stephen,
>
>I have RH 7.2 and 7.3- I installed this with no trouble at all on the first
>try. Have you perhaps done a customized installation that left things out? I
>would first remove the RPMs you installed, then install gcc from your Red Hat
>disks. Use a graphical installer, like Kpackage, it makes it a lot easier to
>find things. Be sure to also install gcc- c++, and libstdc++ devel, all under
>Development.
>
>Also install Ghostscript, under Publishing, this driver needs it.
>
># rpm -e [rpm name]
>
>removes the rpm, append --nodeps if it whines about dependencies.
>
># which gcc
>
>tells if it is installed
>
># gcc --version
>
>shows which version is installed.
>
>You probably know this, 'make install' must be done as root.
>
>hope this helps!
>
>Carla
>
>
>On Friday 09 August 2002 04:36 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi All Folks
> >
> > RH7.3
> > ====
> > I tried more than 3 hours and could not get my HP Deskjet 690C installed.
> >
> > I downloaded  hpijs-1.2.tar.gz from
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16846
> >
> > untar it to a folder and then
> >
> > ./configure
> >
> > it required
> > .......
> > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> > checking for c++... no
> > checking for g++... no
> > checking for gcc... gcc
> > checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc  ) works... no
> > configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
> > cannot create executables.
> >
> > I tried many packages (endless chain-request for dependency, one after
> > another) and could not solve the problem.
> >
> > Particularly  rpm -Uvh gcc-c++-2.96-110.i386.rpm
> > error: failed dependencies:
> >         libstdc++-devel = 2.96 is needed by gcc-c++-2.96-110
> >
> > rpm -Uvh libstdc++-devel-2.96-85.i386.rpm
> > libstdc++-devel-2.96-85.i386.rpm: read manifest failed:
> > I was held here
> > (I tried many different version of libstdc++-devel-xxx.i386.rpm with the
> > same result)
> >
> > Unfortunately  "apt-get  install" does not work on tarball
> >
> > Could any folk on the list pleae shed me some light of which packages
> > including their version I need to install.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Stephen