[K12OSN] Printer Installation

[Eric Harrison]

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, NONE NONE wrote:

> I'm attempting to install a printer on the server. It is an hp LaserJet 3200. It's plugged into the parralel port, and has been tested on other machines and works fine. I went to localhost:631 and added it as "Device URI: parallel:/dev/lp0", but it will not print the test page, it starts the job but nothing happens. Do I need to install a driver? I tried to follow the instructions here:
>
> http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/install.php#download_install
>
> but it gives me an error that it can't find a C compiler on the path when I get to the "make" command.
>
> Do I need that hp software? If so, how do I get gcc installed? If not, what else could be wrong?
>

According to the LinuxPrinting.org web page for this printer,

   http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_3200

all you should need to do is use the Generic Postscript driver in CUPS.


-Eric