Printing module issue

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Printing module issue

Post#1 by Herumacil » 26 Jul 2018, 17:18

Just a quick newbie question. I have copied the printing module posted by Blaze, dropped it into the "base" folder on Porteus. My printer is a HP and on running "hp-toolbox" with terminal i get the following. Hope that image works as ive not tried putting an image on a forum before :oops:
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If anyone has any idea what i do next give us a shout B)
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Printing module issue

Post#2 by Ed_P » 26 Jul 2018, 18:21

I use Cinnamon with an HP printer and am not seeing what you're seeing.

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guest@porteus:~$ hp-toolbox

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.11)
HP Device Manager ver. 15.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

warning: GUI Modules PyQt4 and PyQt5 are not installed
error: hp-toolbox requires GUI support. Exiting.
guest@porteus:~$ hp-setup

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.11)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

warning: GUI Modules PyQt4 and PyQt5 are not installed
error: hp-setup requires GUI support (try running with --qt3). Also, try using interactive (-i) mode.

guest@porteus:~$ ls /mnt/sda6/porteus4.0/Modules/007*
/mnt/sda6/porteus4.0/Modules/007-printing-x86_64-2018-02-23.xzm*
guest@porteus:~$ 
I didn't use hp-toolbox to set up my printer. I used the Porteus Menu > Administration > Print Settings option.
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Post#3 by Herumacil » 26 Jul 2018, 22:45

How odd? also ive just gone to the administration > Print settings option that you highlighted, however no screen appears after clicking it. This is the same with a always fresh run too :shock:
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Post#4 by Ed_P » 26 Jul 2018, 23:07

Print Settings - localhost

HP-Officejet-Pro-8600

Is what I see.

Are you online? Is your printer connected to your network? What printer module are you using? You should certainly see something even if only an error msg.
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Post#5 by Herumacil » 27 Jul 2018, 01:32

Ahah! thank you thank you for that question! "What printer module are you using?" somehow i had copied the I6XX instead of the X64 version. Wow i feel stupid! :oops: on the plus side printer is running perfectly!

Thank you for your help :D :ROFL:
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Printing module issue

Post#6 by Ed_P » 27 Jul 2018, 02:14

Welcome to being human. Mistakes is what we do. :)

Glad it worked out for you and was an fix.
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