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Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

Bigal-sa — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:44:22 -0400

OK. I've found something which may help.

I uninstalled the drivers and hotplug:
sudo make uninstall

Then reinstalled the drivers with
make
sudo make install

and did not do
sudo make install-hotplug

I then mounted my Kubuntu 11.10 partition, and went to
/usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware
on that partition. Then, as per this thread I ran this:
cat sihp1020.dl > /dev/usb/lp0

and the printer works as expected. Does this maybe give you an idea what has changed in Kubuntu 12.04?

I will make a little script to do this, and run it when I need to use the printer, so it's not really an issue anymore.

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

raghy.rao — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:40:29 -0400

Yes, thank you

Got it working now

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

rickrich — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:04:27 -0400

Firmware is not getting loaded.

Do you do:

$ make
$ ./getweb 1020
# su
# make install
# make install-hotplug # IMPORTANT

And then power down and power up the printer?

URI should be usb:/dev/usb/lp0

$ usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
GET_DEVICE_ID string:
MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet 1020;CMD:ACL;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet 1020;FWVER:20050309;

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

raghy.rao — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:04:36 -0400

here is the message , both on the user login and the su login
----------------------------------------------------------------
No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0'

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

rickrich — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:43:12 -0400

What does this say:

$ usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0 
GET_DEVICE_ID string:
MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet 1020;CMD:ACL;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet 1020;FWVER:20050309;

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

raghy.rao — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:39:53 -0400

printer is on usb, HP 1020

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

rickrich — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:02:00 -0400

What is the printer? What is the connection (net or USB)?

system-config-printer -> Add Printer -> Select Device -> ...

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

raghy.rao — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:52:25 -0400

when , I do a system-config-printer , the printer gui pops up says connected to local host , printer dailog says host name , but no status . no document is printed

Thanks
Raghu

Re: Printer problem on FC 16

rickrich — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:33:17 -0400

Did you do:

$ system-config-printer

as your login ID?

Works fine on FC16.

Printer problem on FC 16 [solved]

raghy.rao — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:27:26 -0400

Hello,

Here the Message I am getting after running system-config-printer

Thanks
Raghu

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(system-config-printer.py:9486): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot connect to the session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

(system-config-printer.py:9486): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot connect to the session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

(system-config-printer.py:9486): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot connect to the session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py:1977: GtkWarning: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.GH5REW': No such file or directory
gtk.main()
/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py:1977: GtkWarning: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
gtk.main()

Re: hotplug doesn't work in Fedora-17 (Beefy Miracle)

twohot — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:52:22 -0400

rickrich Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Please redownload, make, make install, make
> install-hotplug, etc. It was a gratitious change
> on the part of Fedora.

You are the man!

Re: hotplug doesn't work in Fedora-17 (Beefy Miracle)

twohot — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:51:32 -0400

rickrich Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Sorry. No Beta software is supported.

I suspected so. I reported anyway because F17 is due in two weeks. It won't be nice if it hits the world with such bugs. thanks

Re: hotplug doesn't work in Fedora-17 (Beefy Miracle)

rickrich — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:24:28 -0400

Please redownload, make, make install, make install-hotplug, etc. It was a gratitious change on the part of Fedora.

Re: hotplug doesn't work in Fedora-17 (Beefy Miracle)

rickrich — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:01:01 -0400

Sorry. No Beta software is supported.

hotplug doesn't work in Fedora-17 (Beefy Miracle) [solved]

twohot — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:12:49 -0400

I decided to migrate from Fedora 15 to 17. Foo2zjs worked pretty well on F15 but it will no longer be supported soon. I installed Foo2zjs for my HP1020 today hoping to get the same smooth performance. Everything seems to work except when I switch the printer off and on ... firmware is not uploaded to the device

manually uploading it works well.
(cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1020.dl > /dev/usb/lp0) ... worked

What now? This machine is more or less a remote machine ... walking through the corridors of the office to run the above command doesn't make sense. (Unless, of course, I have to use ssh ... but I'd prefer a normal 'on and off' workability)

Your advice?

Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

Bigal-sa — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:22:23 -0400

I also have a done this on a fresh install, albeit Kubuntu.

If I got through the procedure of booting into 11.10, resetting the printer (FW is downloaded), then reboot back into 12.04, I get exactly the same as you from usb_printerid. As soon as I reset the printer,

$ usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0'

I've rebuilt and reinstalled the foo2zjs drivers a couple of times, with no luck.

Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

rickrich — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:17:28 -0400

Did this on a Ubuntu 12.04 laptop with all updates and a fresh foo2zjs. Works fine there.

$ usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
GET_DEVICE_ID string:
MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet 1020;CMD:ACL;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet 1020;FWVER:20050309;

Don't know why it is doesn't work for you.

Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

Bigal-sa — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:43:31 -0400

fwiw, lsusb -v does see the printer.

Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

Bigal-sa — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:27:47 -0400

The results:

~$ sudo modprobe -v usblp
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/class/usblp.ko

Still no usb under /dev, so usb_printerid /dev/ubs/lp0 yields nothing.

/dev$ ls
autofs loop0 ram10 sg0 tty22 tty47 ttyS12 ttyS9
block loop1 ram11 sg1 tty23 tty48 ttyS13 uinput
bsg loop2 ram12 sg2 tty24 tty49 ttyS14 urandom
btrfs-control loop3 ram13 sg3 tty25 tty5 ttyS15 usbmon0
bus loop4 ram14 shm tty26 tty50 ttyS16 usbmon1
cdrom1 loop5 ram15 snapshot tty27 tty51 ttyS17 usbmon2
cdrw1 loop6 ram2 snd tty28 tty52 ttyS18 usbmon3
char loop7 ram3 sr0 tty29 tty53 ttyS19 usbmon4
console loop-control ram4 stderr tty3 tty54 ttyS2 vboxdrv
core mapper ram5 stdin tty30 tty55 ttyS20 vboxnetctl
cpu mcelog ram6 stdout tty31 tty56 ttyS21 vboxusb
cpu_dma_latency mei ram7 tty tty32 tty57 ttyS22 vcs
disk mem ram8 tty0 tty33 tty58 ttyS23 vcs1
dvd1 net ram9 tty1 tty34 tty59 ttyS24 vcs2
dvdrw1 network_latency random tty10 tty35 tty6 ttyS25 vcs3
ecryptfs network_throughput rfkill tty11 tty36 tty60 ttyS26 vcs4
fb0 null rtc tty12 tty37 tty61 ttyS27 vcs5
fd nvidia0 rtc0 tty13 tty38 tty62 ttyS28 vcs6
full nvidiactl sda tty14 tty39 tty63 ttyS29 vcsa
fuse oldmem sda1 tty15 tty4 tty7 ttyS3 vcsa1
hidraw0 port sda2 tty16 tty40 tty8 ttyS30 vcsa2
hidraw1 ppp sda3 tty17 tty41 tty9 ttyS31 vcsa3
hidraw2 psaux sda4 tty18 tty42 ttyprintk ttyS4 vcsa4
hpet ptmx sdb tty19 tty43 ttyS0 ttyS5 vcsa5
input pts sdb1 tty2 tty44 ttyS1 ttyS6 vcsa6
kmsg ram0 sdc tty20 tty45 ttyS10 ttyS7 vga_arbiter
log ram1 sdc1 tty21 tty46 ttyS11 ttyS8 zero

Re: Poor print quality with Well Tempered Screens or ICM

jacobmj — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:25:54 -0400

One other note: When I select WTS halftoning, I do not get
K-plane optimization. The printer runs through all toners for
pages that consist entirely of black text. The statement

"The original ICM-based method uses the manufacturer-supplied ICM
color profiles and converts those to CRD's on the fly. This
method is the fastest. But it requires Well Tempored Screening,
e.g. ghostscript 8.54 or better. The advantages of the ICM method
are that its the fastest of the two methods, and it often allows
the foo2lava engine to optimize monochrome output on a color
queue to printing just the K plane."

on the foo2zjs page doesn't appear to be correct for me. Am I
inadvertently using CRDs? How would I know or select this mode?
I can't find any reference in the documentation.

~Jacob

Re: artifacts: diagonal streaks in printed images

jacobmj — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:21:00 -0400

Hi. I realize this is an old topic, but I believe I've experienced this issue, and posted about it an other issues. See http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/forum/read.php?17,3408

The short story is that I can get rid of the lines in images by using "Color - Graphics and Text" color mode. This is with a Magicolor 2200DL. I still have a custom ICM file selected, but I don't know--and haven't tested with a photospectrometer--whether it is ignored entirely when the color mode is not "Color - use ICM profile".

~Jacob

Poor print quality with Well Tempered Screens or ICM

jacobmj — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:13:53 -0400

Hi.

I'm using a Magicolor 2200DL. I happen to be on Ubuntu 11.04,
and have installed per the instructions given on the foo2zjs
site. Additionally, I have installed ghostscript 8.71 as
/usr/bin/gs.foo. Without this, using gs 9.01, the printer
produces only gibberish, or never outputs a page.

I use an ICM file I created for my printer, and this is installed
as user1.icm. I should note that the provided Magicolor 2200 ICM
color profile is vastly incorrect for my printer. Mine works
well for me.

My issue now is with regards to Color Modes and Halftone
algorithms. I have been set to "Color - use ICM profile",
and "Well Tempered Screens (best)". My understanding of the
foo2zjs website and documentation suggests that this would be the
best setting. I find that the print quality is terrible. The
background of colored lineart is scattered with colored dots, and
the line edges are very fuzzy. To me, it's like I applied very
low-rate JPEG compression to all images. Even solid-black images
demonstrate a moire pattern.

I've had better luck with "Accurate Screens (better)". This reduces
the amount of "background" printed behind lineart images--but does not
entirely eliminate it.

A larger improvement, particularly on being able to produce solid
black images, results from using the color mode "Color - Graphics and
Text". This results in a smooth, black image.

Before I begin attaching photographs of the printout, can anyone shed
light on this behavior? Are these known bugs?

What are the "right" print settings?

Thanks.
~Jacob

Re: usblp0: nonzero write bulk status received [solved; it is a USB problem]

maximi89 — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:36:21 -0400

I'm affected by the same bug...

usblp0: nonzero write bulk status received: -108

and syslog say...
under Debian SID

May 3 02:35:01 debian-caroly kernel: [ 4647.991008] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 18 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x3D17
May 3 02:35:01 debian-caroly /etc/hotplug/usb/hpljP1005: foo2zjs: loading HP LaserJet P1005 firmware /usr/share/foo2xqx/firmware/sihpP1005.dl to CUPS USB device ...
May 3 02:35:01 debian-caroly kernel: [ 4648.021889] usblp0: removed
May 3 02:35:01 debian-caroly /etc/hotplug/usb/hpljP1005: foo2zjs: usb://HP/LaserJet%20P1005?serial=L403C4P... download failed.
May 3 02:35:01 debian-caroly /etc/hotplug/usb/hpljP1005: foo2zjs: loading HP LaserJet P1005 firmware /usr/share/foo2xqx/firmware/sihpP1005.dl to CUPS USB device ...
May 3 02:35:01 debian-caroly /etc/hotplug/usb/hpljP1005: foo2zjs: usb://HP/LaserJet%20P1005?serial=L403C4P... download failed.

Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

rickrich — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:17:59 -0400

You should have /dev/usb/usblp0.

$ sudo modprobe -r -v usblp
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.14-106.fc14.i686/kernel/drivers/usb/class/usblp.ko

$ ll /dev/usb
total 0
crw------- 1 root root 180, 96 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev0
crw------- 1 root root 180, 97 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev1
crw------- 1 root root 180, 98 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev2
crw------- 1 root root 180, 99 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev3

$ sudo modprobe -v usblp
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.14-106.fc14.i686/kernel/drivers/usb/class/usblp.ko
 
$ ll /dev/usb
total 0
crw------- 1 root root 180, 96 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev0
crw------- 1 root root 180, 97 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev1
crw------- 1 root root 180, 98 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev2
crw------- 1 root root 180, 99 Feb 17 17:32 hiddev3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root lp   180,  0 May  2 12:12 lp0

$ usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
GET_DEVICE_ID string:
MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet 1020;CMD:ACL;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet 1020;FWVER:20050309;

Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

Bigal-sa — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:44:33 -0400

$ usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0'

Actually there's no usb directory in /dev

FWIW, I just reset the printer and the following lines come up a million times in the system log:
May 2 18:39:18 XXXXX kernel: [41884.511018] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2B17
May 2 18:39:18 XXXXX kernel: [41884.513755] usblp0: removed
May 2 18:39:18 XXXXX /etc/hotplug/usb/hplj1020: foo2zjs: usb://HP/LaserJet%201020?serial=FN2ZA4E... download failed.
May 2 18:39:18 XXXXX kernel: [41884.521279] usb 1-1.3: usbfs: process 12986 (usb) did not claim interface 0 before use
May 2 18:39:18 XXXXX kernel: [41884.521287] usb 1-1.3: usbfs: process 13000 (usb) did not claim interface 0 before use
May 2 18:39:18 XXXXX /etc/hotplug/usb/hplj1020: foo2zjs: loading HP LaserJet 1020 firmware /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1020.dl to CUPS USB device ...

Is that sihp1020.dl one of your files?

Re: HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

rickrich — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:50:34 -0400

What does this say:

$ usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
GET_DEVICE_ID string:
MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet 1020;CMD:ACL;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet 1020;FWVER:20050309;

HP 1020 and Kubuntu 12.04

Bigal-sa — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:08:43 -0400

I've been using the foo2zjs drivers successfully with the HP 1020 since roundabout Kubuntu 7.04, now I've hit a snag with 12.04.

Kubuntu 12.04 downloads *something* to the printer quite early in the device driver chain, which stops the printer driver (or anything else) from communicating with it. As a result, the foo2zjs firmware can't be downloaded (I assume). I first found this with a brand new install, then with an upgrade install from 11.10 (64-bit in both cases). From the 11.10 install, the printer worked fine, but as soon as 12.04 was active (and the printer reset) no comms.

On the same machine I have an 11.10 (32-bit) partition. If I first boot into that, reset the printer, the correct firmware is downloaded. If I then reboot into 12.04, without switching the printer off, 12.04's broken firmware is not downloaded and I can use the printer.

I've tried uninstalling the hplip software/drivers, but that doesn't seem to help.

Any thoughts?

Thanks, and a suggestion

monoped — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:43:39 -0400

Thanks for this software! Printing with foo2zjs on my HP 1102w under Linux works like a charm. I had been using hplip, which after a couple of library updates stopped working and instead produced permanent backend crashes. After removing it and installing foo2zjs I could immediately print again. This made my day!

Just one suggestion: It would be convenient if the tarball name was decorated with some kind of version number. This would make it easier to keep track of the different versions.

KM-1635 doesn't print [solved]

lego_12239 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:12:07 -0400

Hello, all.

In my case, KM-1635 has two sheets trays: one is configured as a3 and another as a4. By default, lp, which i used to output test page, use PageSize Letter. KM-1635 doesn't find a tray with such sheets and hangs up. If i set PageSize to A4 or A3 explicitly, all pages are printed well.

May be, this will help anybody.

Re: KM-1635 doesn't print [Debian 6]

rickrich — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:08:11 -0400

Well, then, good luck! I don't support third-party installs.