user
December 18, 2008, 5:16am
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running suse 11.0… downloaded all printer software…hplip, cups, etc.
HP systray icon shows up on desktop when starting. problem is…
when i try to use the hp device mgr get msg saying “no device found or
unsupported”… strange because i set up printer on cups and i can
print just fine, but as i say “device mgr” won’t work…
any help greatly appreciated
many thanks
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emilemma
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user
December 18, 2008, 5:24am
2
emilemma:
running suse 11.0… downloaded all printer software…hplip, cups, etc.
HP systray icon shows up on desktop when starting. problem is…
when i try to use the hp device mgr get msg saying “no device found or
unsupported”… strange because i set up printer on cups and i can
print just fine, but as i say “device mgr” won’t work…
any help greatly appreciated
many thanks
Hi
Did you run the hp-setup tool as root user?
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890 )
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-4-default
up 2 days 6:38, 1 user, load average: 0.84, 1.06, 0.55
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 177.82
user
December 18, 2008, 5:46am
3
yea, i sure did and it just keeps on adding more printers…
bummer!!!
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emilemma
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user
December 18, 2008, 6:01am
4
Hi
Delete them all from cups, YaST etc and then restart hplip and cups.
Then re run hp-setup, not YaST
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890 )
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-4-default
up 2 days 7:15, 4 users, load average: 0.48, 0.22, 0.21
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 177.82
user
December 18, 2008, 6:16am
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user
December 18, 2008, 6:36am
6
tried all that with same result… printer shows up in cups & prints ok
but hp-device mgr a no go…
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emilemma
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user
December 18, 2008, 6:06pm
7
FYI… i resolved problem by downloading hplip… from hp website &
installed it. hp-device mgr works ok now…
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emilemma
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