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Re: [LUG] Debian 7 + HP LaserJet 2100 woes

 

On Wed, 2013-06-05 at 21:18 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2013 20:49:14 +0100
> bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello bad,
> 
> >Yep - hp-setup does not detect the 2100 however. There is also a random
> 
> USB/Parallel conversion issues, possibly?  A bit of a guess, as I'm no
> expert.
> 
> >crappy all-in-one modern HP also connected that it does see though.
> 
> Check the following url for what you can expect of HPLIP for your
> printer.  Note, some of that support is distro specific.
> 
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/laserjet/hp_laserjet_2100.html
> 

If its passing raw postscript to the  printer its to do with the cups
filter for that printer do you also have ghostscript instaled?
you could try using "lpr -oraw printfile.ps" or PDF or txt

 and see what happens.


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