...but no printers

[Michael Satterwhite]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Michael Satterwhite wrote:
>> I have an HP 5440 printer. Looking at the system, it appears that the
>> HPLIP system is installed by yum. This should include the HP printer
>> utilities to do such things as show ink levels, etc.
>>
>> I've been through the kicker menu in kde, and I don't see the HP utility
>> listed anywhere. Would someone be so kind as to tell me how to start the
>> HP printer utilities on Fedora? If I know how to start the program, I
>> can add it to the menu myself.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> ---Michael
>>
> 
> I just had the same problem with my all-in-one HP.  I just type
> hp-toolbox (I think, I'm not home I can't swear to that exact name) in a
> terminal window.  BTW, hplip works great, kudos to the guys making that
> happen.  Now I can do everything in Linux I need to.  ('cept games.)

Got it - although I had to go to the web interface and install the
printer again - twice. Rather funny, but I got what I needed.

Thanks
---Michael