HP LaserJet 1000

[Mario St-Gelais]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am Do, den 19.02.2004 schrieb Mario St-Gelais um 20:23:
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>>I started not so long ago with Linux.  Initially, I installed SUSE Linux 
>>and with some pain was able to install my HP printer.
>>
>>Then I switched to Fedora and I haven't been able to make that damn 
>>printer puke some printed stuff.  I followed all instructions as per 
>>http://www.linuxprinting.org/ without success.  When I do "cat 
>>sihp1000.img > /dev/usb/lp0" the printer burps out some noise indicating 
>>I guess that the driver is being loaded buy yet it won't print.  Looking 
>>at log files I get all kind of messages according to flavor of the day I 
>>guess : "paper tray empty" or "printer faults".  But I damn know it is 
>>not empty.
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>>What am I gonna do switch back to SUSE??
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>>Suggestions??
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>The HP LaserJet 1000 is a so called "Windows printer" - it is a GDI
>model. That is the reason why
>http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1000
>tells you how to load the firmware out of the Windows driver. But as
>said on the page to, it is a "works mostly" workaround.
>
>You then have to configure cups to use the driver. Instructions are to
>be found from the site mentioned above.
>
>Alexander
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Thanks Alexander.  Been to that page quite often.  I guess I will have 
to go again...
Oh and by the way I know sihp1000.img is not an image LOL

Mario

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