Cups / HP Laserjet 4200 network printer

Cups can get on my nerves bigtime.
at first, I just installed cups, and soffice (libreoffice) would , in the 'print dialog' show me a bunch of network printers it found, but when i printed to any of them,
the job would just stick to 'in process' in the cups webinterface, even though the printer was idle.
I then installed hplip 3.11.1-1, hpoj 0.91-15, avahi and a whole bunch of other packages:
[2011-02-14 16:27] Running 'pacman -S hplip'
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed foomatic-db (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed foomatic-filters (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed foomatic-db-engine (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed net-snmp (5.5-7)
[2011-02-14 16:28]
[2011-02-14 16:28] NOTE
[2011-02-14 16:28] ----
[2011-02-14 16:28] # If you want to use this driver with sane:
[2011-02-14 16:28] # echo "hpaio" >> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
[2011-02-14 16:28]
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed hplip (3.11.1-1)
[2011-02-14 16:34] Running 'pacman -S samba'[2011-02-14 16:27] Running 'pacman -S hplip'
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed foomatic-db (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed foomatic-filters (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed foomatic-db-engine (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 16:28] installed net-snmp (5.5-7)
[2011-02-14 16:28]
[2011-02-14 16:28] NOTE
[2011-02-14 16:28] ----
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[2011-02-14 16:28] # echo "hpaio" >> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
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[2011-02-14 16:28] installed hplip (3.11.1-1)
[2011-02-14 16:34] Running 'pacman -S samba'
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed libgssglue (0.1-3)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed libtirpc (0.2.1-2)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed rpcbind (0.2.0-3)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed fam (2.7.0-14)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed samba (3.5.6-1)
[2011-02-14 17:30] Running 'pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts'
[2011-02-14 17:30] upgraded cups (1.4.6-1 -> 1.4.6-1)
[2011-02-14 17:30] upgraded ghostscript (9.00-4 -> 9.00-4)
[2011-02-14 17:31] Updating font cache... done.
[2011-02-14 17:31] installed gsfonts (1.0.7pre44-2)
[2011-02-14 17:31] Running 'pacman -S foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-filters'
[2011-02-14 17:31] upgraded foomatic-db (4.0.6_20101215-1 -> 4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:31] upgraded foomatic-filters (4.0.6_20101215-1 -> 4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:31] upgraded foomatic-db-engine (4.0.6_20101215-1 -> 4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:31] installed foomatic-db-nonfree (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:32] Running 'pacman -S gutenprint foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-filters hplip splix ufr2 cups-pdf'
[2011-02-14 17:34] Running 'pacman -S hpoj'
[2011-02-14 17:34] ==> To get the HP-Officejet working run as root: ptal-init setup
[2011-02-14 17:34] ==> Add ptal-init to /etc/rc.conf daemon list and place it before cups is started!
[2011-02-14 17:34] ==> To access scanner enable in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf hpoj line.
[2011-02-14 17:34] installed hpoj (0.91-15)
[2011-02-14 17:46] Running 'pacman -S avahi nss-mdns'
[2011-02-14 17:46] upgraded avahi (0.6.28-1 -> 0.6.28-1)
[2011-02-14 17:46] ==> To enable IPv4 multicast DNS lookups, append 'mdns4' to the hosts line
[2011-02-14 17:46] in /etc/nsswitch.conf. Use 'mdns6' for IPv6 or 'mdns' for both.
[2011-02-14 17:46] installed nss-mdns (0.10-2)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed libgssglue (0.1-3)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed libtirpc (0.2.1-2)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed rpcbind (0.2.0-3)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed fam (2.7.0-14)
[2011-02-14 16:34] installed samba (3.5.6-1)
[2011-02-14 17:30] Running 'pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts'
[2011-02-14 17:30] upgraded cups (1.4.6-1 -> 1.4.6-1)
[2011-02-14 17:30] upgraded ghostscript (9.00-4 -> 9.00-4)
[2011-02-14 17:31] Updating font cache... done.
[2011-02-14 17:31] installed gsfonts (1.0.7pre44-2)
[2011-02-14 17:31] Running 'pacman -S foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-filters'
[2011-02-14 17:31] upgraded foomatic-db (4.0.6_20101215-1 -> 4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:31] upgraded foomatic-filters (4.0.6_20101215-1 -> 4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:31] upgraded foomatic-db-engine (4.0.6_20101215-1 -> 4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:31] installed foomatic-db-nonfree (4.0.6_20101215-1)
[2011-02-14 17:32] Running 'pacman -S gutenprint foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-filters hplip splix ufr2 cups-pdf'
[2011-02-14 17:34] Running 'pacman -S hpoj'
[2011-02-14 17:34] ==> To get the HP-Officejet working run as root: ptal-init setup
[2011-02-14 17:34] ==> Add ptal-init to /etc/rc.conf daemon list and place it before cups is started!
[2011-02-14 17:34] ==> To access scanner enable in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf hpoj line.
[2011-02-14 17:34] installed hpoj (0.91-15)
[2011-02-14 17:46] Running 'pacman -S avahi nss-mdns'
[2011-02-14 17:46] upgraded avahi (0.6.28-1 -> 0.6.28-1)
[2011-02-14 17:46] ==> To enable IPv4 multicast DNS lookups, append 'mdns4' to the hosts line
[2011-02-14 17:46] in /etc/nsswitch.conf. Use 'mdns6' for IPv6 or 'mdns' for both.
[2011-02-14 17:46] installed nss-mdns (0.10-2)
however, now the printers don't show up anymore in soffice, nor in the webinterface. *sometimes* when I search for printers, it will show them, but not always.
and when it shows them, it only shows the model and type, not the human assigned name/description (which I saw at first)
18:15:10 dieter@Gi ~ ps aux | egrep 'avahi-daemon|cups|dbus' 1 ↵
dbus 3250 0.0 0.0 12908 960 ? Ss 17:53 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
avahi 3264 0.0 0.0 29832 1596 ? S 17:53 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [gibran.local]
avahi 3265 0.0 0.0 29576 424 ? S 17:53 0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
root 3274 0.0 0.0 79872 3496 ? Ss 17:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
dieter 3322 0.0 0.0 19844 544 ? S 17:53 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch 57268404aa6c45d55d1fe94700000389 --binary-syntax --close-stderr
dieter 3323 0.0 0.0 12908 1064 ? Ss 17:53 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
dieter 4629 0.0 0.0 6020 976 pts/2 S+ 18:15 0:00 egrep avahi-daemon|cups|dbus
Add to that the fact that even though I go to localhost:631 or 127.0.0.1:631, cups generates links to my external ip, which is the interface cups doesn't listen on.
painful!
my cups config is default, error logfile contains:
18:16:58 dieter@Gi ~ grep -v ^D /var/log/cups/error_log | grep -v ^I
E [14/Feb/2011:16:19:55 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [14/Feb/2011:16:30:02 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [14/Feb/2011:16:35:55 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [14/Feb/2011:17:02:22 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [14/Feb/2011:17:09:11 +0100] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: No such file or directory
E [14/Feb/2011:17:09:11 +0100] [cups-deviced] PID 25026 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:09:33 +0100] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm"!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:24:26 +0100] [Job 2] Unable to queue job for destination "ipp://157.193.135.100:631/printers/PRINTER_3THFLOOR"!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:24:26 +0100] [Job 1] Unable to queue job for destination "ipp://157.193.135.100:631/printers/PRINTER_3THFLOOR"!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:24:26 +0100] [Job 3] Unable to queue job for destination "ipp://157.193.135.100:631/printers/Oce-3165"!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:24:26 +0100] [Job 4] Unable to queue job for destination "ipp://157.193.135.100:631/printers/PRINTER_3THFLOOR"!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:24:26 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [14/Feb/2011:17:34:19 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [14/Feb/2011:17:35:10 +0100] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: No such file or directory
E [14/Feb/2011:17:35:10 +0100] [cups-deviced] PID 26255 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:35:19 +0100] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: No such file or directory
E [14/Feb/2011:17:35:19 +0100] [cups-deviced] PID 26282 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
E [14/Feb/2011:17:48:35 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [14/Feb/2011:17:53:39 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
those errors are from *before* I installed avahi, after installing avahi I can't even select the printer :x

a bit more info: after a reboot i somehow magically see the printers again (both in the webinterface and in soffice), but when I send it a print job, I notice the printer status is
Idle - "Connecting to printer..."
so maybe this is some kind of networking problem? weirdly enough location is set to "location unknown" so I cannot do a ping test.
and the only errors in the logfile are "SSL shutdown failed: Error in the push function" (probably because of using https on the webinterface), so I'm clueless

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arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license='unknown'
install="brother-mfc-${_model}.install"
depends=('tcsh' 'deb2targz' 'perl' 'a2ps')
if test "$CARCH" == x86_64; then
depends+=(lib32-glibc)
fi
source=("http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfc${_model}lpr-${pkgver}-${_revision}.i386.deb"
"http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfc${_model}cupswrapper-${pkgver}-${_revision}.i386.deb")
build() {
deb2targz *.deb >/dev/null || return 1
rm -f *.deb || return 1
cd $srcdir || return 1
[ -d "mfc${_model}" ] || (mkdir mfc${_model} || return 1)
for i in *.tar.gz;do tar xfz $i -C mfc${_model};done || return 1
cd mfc${_model} || return 1
cd opt/brother/Printers/mfc${_model} || return 1
perl -i -pe 's#/etc/init.d#/etc/rc.d#g' ./cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc${_model} || return 1
perl -i -pe 's#printcap\.local#printcap#g' $srcdir/mfc${_model}/opt/brother/Printers/mfc${_model}/inf/setupPrintcapij || return 1
cp -rf $srcdir/mfc${_model}/usr/ $pkgdir/ || return 1
cp -rf $srcdir/mfc${_model}/opt/ $pkgdir/ || return 1
md5sums=('7f891cbaddc07a1b86902c9c67cbcccb'
'8756f5964a9f9f811cc1b855f7593c2f')
brother-mfc-j435w.install:
post_install() {
post_upgrade;
post_upgrade() {
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcj435w/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfcj435w >/dev/null
if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
printf "\033[1m\033[32m\x3d\x3d\x3e\033\1330m Done. The printer should be visible now via the CUPS-webinterface (http://localhost:631)\n"
else
printf "\033[1m\032[32m\x3d\x3d\x3e\033\1330m Something went wrong...\n"
fi
So, then I open up the CUPS web interface and voila, I see MFCJ435W ready to go! So, I print a test page and it fails with "Unable to locate printer "BRN0080928DFDD8.local"."
I have no idea what to do to diagnose and fix my problem. Help?

Do you have a mdns service configured? I am not sure if this is related, but zeroconf/avahi's .local domains get resolved by a multicast dns infrastructure:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Avahi
oh found this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=127964

Re: OSX Lion printer problems with HP Laserjet 4200

I have updated the driver for the HP LaserJet 4200 series printer to ver. 18.2. The computer communicates with the network, via a Linksys Wireless-G printserver, WPSM54G, and is sending something to the printer, but the printer prints only what appears to be identifying information, then raw code. Has anyone else had this problem? I use this OSX with three other printers, two of them wireless, with no problem.

Just found an email HP Support sent to me back in January 2008, about this issue
"Hello Hunter,
Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.
There currently is not proper driver for 10.5, so it is surprising that the printer is printing correctly on your Mac from any application.
Your issue cannot be resolved until the 10.5 driver is developed and released.
To sign up for an update as soon as it is available ...click on the link below:
HP's subscriber's choice is a free service where you can select to receive timely email notifications ranging from software and driver updates to creative ways to do more with your HP products.
http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/html/3618-0-0-225-121.html
If you need further assistance, please reply to this message and we will be happy to assist you further.
You may receive an e-mail survey regarding your e-mail support experience. We would appreciate your feedback.
For information on keeping your HP and Compaq products up and running, please visit our Web site
at:
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Sincerely,
Dave
HP Total Care"
I just sent them an email today on any updates regarding a release date on the Leopard driver for P1005, i'll post any info i receive.

Basic tiger server printing to network printer issues - HELP :)

Hi everyone, Im after some help as im running out of ideas, here is my basic setup: (sorry i have rambled on a bit
current 192.168.0.x network that has ADSL, PC's HP Laserjet 5Si network printer.
Connected to that is my Tiger server with 2 lan ports, one is connected to that network and the other connected to a switch where I run all my macs - the server is a basic file and software update server.
macs connected to the server get a 192.168.2.x address and can access the internet and each other etc - all is happy.
now - I had my personal macbook pro connected directly to the first network to access the printer, works fine and fairly quickly but was unable to access the server (i imagine because the server thinks i was from the big bad internet from the .0.x range
once i connected to the other network served by the mac server i could access all the files fine but printing would not work, so i thought I would have the server access the printer as it has access to both networks and just share it to the local macs.
well when i add it and put in the 192.168.0.71 address it connects and loads the GIMP HP5si driver, but when it tried to print it takes up to 5 mins to show that its finished, but only sometimes does the printer actually fire up, and the times it did it never printed the whole page...
The only thing i can think of is that the server is trying to print to the .0.x address'ed printer but using the .2.x address range, possibly confusing the systems.., im not too familiar with all the firewall/NAT settings ,i think i have everything turned off, but its still not working..
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Thank you for your time

This sounds more like a protocol or a driver issue rather than an addressing issue. Which protocol is being used to connect to the printer? You mention the GIMP driver gets loaded, which I read that it's an automatic function rather than you having to manually browse to the driver.
Also, I would look at trying the Gutenprint drivers from Sourceforge rather than the included GIMP-Print.
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