How to use HP 3050 printer?

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How to use HP 3050 printer?

#1 Post by SolusUmbra »

I have a HP 3050 printer and I was wondering if there was a way to install it.
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#2 Post by mostly_lurking »

I can't help with that, but there is a topic with instructions on installing printers here:
How to Install Your Printer/Scanner in Puppy

If you still need help then, post in the printers section of the forum (and tell us which version of Puppylinux you are using).
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#3 Post by bigpup »

Always, always, always tell us the Puppy version!!
Be specific!

Example:
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Etc.....
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
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#4 Post by wimpy »

Welcome to the forum. If CUPS is installed (apparently, it depends on the version of puppy you are using) you will find that the HP Laserjet 3050 does have a driver available in CUPS 1.4. mostly_lurking's link is quite comprehensive in its instructions about installing a printer, so you'll have to work out which parts are relevant to your system and which parts are not.
PS You do need to have a browser installed. In one of my puppies I found that the default palemoon browser would not work and I had to install an older version of firefox.
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#5 Post by tallboy »

wimpy wrote:PS You do need to have a browser installed.
Why? I am not familiar with the spesific printer mentioned, but I have always used Cups to setup my HP laserwriter 4050n, usually offline. Unless you want to set it up as a net printer, I am curious to why a browser need to be installed?

There is also a specific HP printer utility named hplip. I believe some puppys have it installed.

I use Lucid 5.2.8.7 now, but I have installed the same printer with Cups in LupuPlus 5.2.8.005-1 and in different dPups without problems, and in all other Puppys I have played with for a short time.

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#6 Post by wimpy »

@tallboy The CUPS wizard loads localhost:631 into the browser's url field. The browser does not have to be online.
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#7 Post by Galbi »

Now, I wonder if there is a way to use CUPS without a browser?

Just a question: it's possible to install a printer just by file editing? I mean, installing drivers and knowing exactly which files to edit.
Just curious.
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#8 Post by rcrsn51 »

The lpadmin command will install a printer from the command line.
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#9 Post by Galbi »

rcrsn51 wrote:The lpadmin command will install a printer from the command line.
Thanks, didn't know that...
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#10 Post by tallboy »

The Cups versions I have used comes wiith it's own browser, midori, why is an extra browser needed? It is my impression that the 631 connection is only to Cups online help files.

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#11 Post by wimpy »

@tallboy So CUPS is using a browser to do its work. On the newer distros I've tested CUPS uses the default browser, which may or may not work on some rigs.
I suppose lpadmin was the reason CUPS was written :)
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#12 Post by rcrsn51 »

tallboy wrote:The Cups versions I have used comes wiith it's own browser, midori,
Example, please.
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#13 Post by tallboy »

Cups Printer Wizard loaded from the section Setup in the main Menu in Lucid 5.2.8.7 (the same as in most former Puppys I have used)
BTW, Midori is a very nice little browser!
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#14 Post by rcrsn51 »

The CUPS Printer Wizard is a Puppy script. It loads the CUPS web interface into the Midori browser.

The browser is NOT part of CUPS.
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#15 Post by tallboy »

Sorry, I was not clear enough in my statement. (foreigner, you know! :roll: )
I didn't say it was part of Cups, I said it came with it's own browser, and by that I meant that no other programs in Puppy call for Midori, as far as I know.

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#16 Post by tallboy »

Hey SolusUmbra, has anything we wrote here helped you in connecting your HP printer?

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#17 Post by SolusUmbra »

HAHA sorry for the super late reply to all of this, don't you hate life getting in the way!? So I'm not sure how to tell if I have cups installed or where I go to install it.

Oh and I'm using puppy tahr 32 bit

I did find Cups installed, now I'm trying to figure out how to use it.
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#18 Post by SolusUmbra »

HAHA I got it working, thanks everyone
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