HAL is adding extra printers to my printer list.

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 12 May 2007, William Case wrote:
> Hi;  with particular attention to Tim Waugh,
>
> This was a sub-problem I had with my printer problem a week or two ago.
> Tim asked if I would work with him on fixing it.  At that time I had got
> my printer working and removed the extra (shadow) printer and so
> couldn't be of much help.
>
> The shadow has returned.
>
> More precisely: psc_1310_series_
> Device URI [hp:/usb/psc_1310_series?serial=CN45PB613FO2] has been added
> to my list of printers by HAL, or something, at boot up.
>
> My originally designated and still existing printer is:
> psc-1315
> Device URI [usb://hp/psc%201310%20series?serial=CN45PB613FO2]
> marked also as default.  When selected in applications this actually
> prints things.
>
> Both printer designations now appear in all my applications.  The shadow
> appeared after I had stopped and restart hplip, unplugged and plugged in
> my printer and rebooted.  I was attempting to get hp-toolbox to find my
> printer. It did, but used the psc_1310_series_.  This printer cannot
> print the 'test page'.
>
> It probably can't print, because as we found out in an earlier exchange
> over printer problems, when this shadow printer appears, it is not a
> real printer.
> And, if I remember correctly, some confusion is being caused by the
> trailing '_' in its name.
>
> So, HP-toolbox gives me info about psc_1310_series_; HAL adds
> psc_1310_series_;
> but psc-1315 prints stuff.
>
> I would love to hear how to sort this out.
>
Can't help there, but I would add that I also have a 'printer' added by HAL, 
and it can't be used.  Annoyingly, it appears at the top of the list of 
available printers, which has caused more than one problem.

Anne


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