Eeepc 701 and HP 1018 printer
EEEPC 701 – Xandros Linux and HP 1018 printer
Content:
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Intro
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Printer setup
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Other printers
- Misc
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Intro
I bought a HP 1018 printer for my daughter.
It’s a cheap 600X600 dpi laser printer.
The EEEPC does detect the printer after hooking up the usb cable. But no output!
Hopefully the web is there for help.
Thanks to the gals/guys out there. The credits are due to them.
This post tries to gather at one place, the tidbits gathered so far.
I am writing this post from the Eeepc.
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Printer setup
2-1) Download and install build-essential, as described at:
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:installingdevelopmenttools
2-2) Download foo2zjs at:
Follow the INSTALL document.
aka:
make
./getweb 1018
sudo make install
sudo make install-hotplug
Plugin the printer usb cable.
In the firefox, type http://localhost.localdomain:631 ,(cups 1.2.7).
Click on «Add printer ».
Type the name of the printer (inmy case: hp1018).
Click on Continue.
Choose device drop down menu: Hp laserjet 1018 on USB # 1 …
Continue.
Choose the driver, just installed.
Go to printers tabbed window, find the printer hp1018, check for the green light.
Print a test page.
Check the printer as default.
If nothing happens, then:
sudo cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/sihp1018.dl > /dev/usb/lp0
(as seen at
http://wwww.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-Laserjet_1018).
I put the above line in a shell script, just in case…
I see the printer lights cycle off/on.
Do again the test print in firefox.
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Other printers
My Brother 2030 is working correctly, without any tweaking.
HP PSC 2350 seems to work as well. My daughter told me, when trying to print on her friend’s printer.
4) Misc:
Once the printer is OK, I put back the original /etc/apt/sources.list .
Run
sudo apt-get update
This is necessary to avoid confusion, when updating Xandros.
Try “sudo apt-get -f install”.