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#1 2025-12-13 14:47:44

gfp
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printer

Hi,

gnuinos does support only some printers.

How can I install my printer which is not listed in the HP drivers list?

thanks

gfp

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#2 2025-12-13 15:14:16

RedGreen925
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Re: printer

Search on printer name and model cups PPD debian get the .PPD file you can find then in a browser URL entry bar type in then hit enter key http//:localhost:631 use the Administrator then Add printer option to add it through the CUPS web interface.

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#3 2025-12-14 14:13:09

gfp
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Re: printer

Sorry I posted my answer on the wrong question

it is on the

:mirrors for gnuinos

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#4 2025-12-14 14:14:26

gfp
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Re: printer

Hi,

    Search on printer name and model cups PPD debian get the .PPD file

I can not find my printer on the HP website. It is too old. Also on other websites I can´t find the PPD file.

This is my printer:
HP Officejet J4580 All-in-One

In an earlier Gnuinos installation 2 years ago  my printer and scanner was immeadeatly found.
But now a big problem.

my printer can´t be detected with looking for a printer or looking for a scanner.

but with lsusb it is found:

lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc.          USB3.0 Hub             
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux 6.1.0-27-amd64 xhci-hcd xHCI Host Controller
Bus 003 Device 013: ID 03f0:2a12 HP Officejet J4500 series

hp-setup -b usb

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.22.10)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 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.

Searching... (bus=usb, search=(None), desc=0)
error: No devices found on bus: usb
Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=(None) desc=0, method=mdns)
error: No devices found on bus: net
error:  HPLIP cannot detect printers in your network.  This may be due to existing firewall settings blocking the required ports.
                When you are in a trusted network environment, you may open the ports for network services like mdns and slp in the firewall. For detailed steps follow the link.
                 https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/KnowledgeBase/Troubleshooting/TroubleshootNetwork  
Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=(None) desc=0, method=mdns)
error: No devices found on bus: net
error:  HPLIP cannot detect printers in your network.  This may be due to existing firewall settings blocking the required ports.
                When you are in a trusted network environment, you may open the ports for network services like mdns and slp in the firewall. For detailed steps follow the link.
                 https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/KnowledgeBase/Troubleshooting/TroubleshootNetwork  
Searching... (bus=usb, search=(None), desc=2)
error: No devices found on bus: usb
Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=(None) desc=2, method=mdns)
error: No devices found on bus: net
error:  HPLIP cannot detect printers in your network.  This may be due to existing firewall settings blocking the required ports.
                When you are in a trusted network environment, you may open the ports for network services like mdns and slp in the firewall. For detailed steps follow the link.
                 https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/KnowledgeBase/Troubleshooting/TroubleshootNetwork

what that means I am not sure, somebody who knows can help:

hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.22.10)[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mDependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
hp-check[17965]: info: :This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
hp-check[17965]: info: :This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
hp-check[17965]: info: :under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mNote: hp-check can be run in three modes:[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the     
hp-check[17965]: info: :HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies are 
hp-check[17965]: info: :installed to successfully compile HPLIP.                                             
hp-check[17965]: info: :2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro supplied
hp-check[17965]: info: :package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball has the proper  
hp-check[17965]: info: :dependencies installed to successfully run.                                          
hp-check[17965]: info: :3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode will    
hp-check[17965]: info: :check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).             
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :Check types:                                                                         
hp-check[17965]: info: :a. EXTERNALDEP - External Dependencies                                               
hp-check[17965]: info: :b. GENERALDEP - General Dependencies (required both at compile and run time)         
hp-check[17965]: info: :c. COMPILEDEP - Compile time Dependencies                                            
hp-check[17965]: info: :d. [All are run-time checks]                                                         
hp-check[17965]: info: :PYEXT SCANCONF QUEUES PERMISSION                                                     
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :Status Types:
hp-check[17965]: info: :    OK
hp-check[17965]: info: :    MISSING       - Missing Dependency or Permission or Plug-in
hp-check[17965]: info: :    INCOMPAT      - Incompatible dependency-version or Plugin-version
hp-check[17965]: info: :
warning: gnuinos distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES
warning: [01munknown-5 version is not supported. Using unknown-0 versions dependencies to verify and install...[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :---------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| SYSTEM INFO |
hp-check[17965]: info: :---------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: : Kernel: 6.1.0-27-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Gnuinos 6.1.115-1 (2024-11-01) GNU/Linux
 Host: Tuxedo
 Proc: 6.1.0-27-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Gnuinos 6.1.115-1 (2024-11-01) GNU/Linux
 Distribution: unknown 5
hp-check[17965]: info: : Bitness: 64 bit

hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :-----------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
hp-check[17965]: info: :-----------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.22.10
hp-check[17965]: info: :HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for unknown distro  5 version 
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mCurrent contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :# hplip.conf.  Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=3.22.10

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hplip
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip
html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-doc
icon=no
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv
bin=/usr/bin
apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
libusb01-build=no
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=no
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.22.10
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt5
qt3=no
qt4=no
qt5=yes
policy-kit=yes
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
apparmor_build=no
class-driver=no

hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mCurrent contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mCurrent contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[installation]
date_time = 12/14/25 14:34:05
version = 3.22.10

hp-check[17965]: info: : <Package-name>        <Package-Desc>      <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status>   <Comment>
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :-------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| External Dependencies |
hp-check[17965]: info: :-------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: cups          CUPS - Common Unix Printing System                           REQUIRED        1.1             -               INCOMPAT   'CUPS may not be installed or not running'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : gs                   GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED        7.05            10.00.0         OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: : xsane                xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE                  OPTIONAL        0.9             0.999           OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: : scanimage            scanimage - Shell scanning program                           OPTIONAL        1.0             1.1.1           OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: dbus          DBus - Message bus system                                    REQUIRED        -               1.14.10         MISSING    'DBUS may not be installed or not running'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: policykit     PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework                  OPTIONAL        -               -               MISSING    'policykit needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : network              network -wget                                                OPTIONAL        -               1.21.3          OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: : avahi-utils          avahi-utils                                                  OPTIONAL        -               0.8             OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| General Dependencies |
hp-check[17965]: info: :------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: libjpeg       libjpeg - JPEG library                                       REQUIRED        -               -               MISSING    'libjpeg needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: cups-devel    CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files    REQUIRED        -               -               MISSING    'cups-devel needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: cups-image    CUPS image - CUPS image development files                    REQUIRED        -               -               MISSING    'cups-image needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : libpthread           libpthread - POSIX threads library                           REQUIRED        -               b'2.36'         OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: libusb        libusb - USB library                                         REQUIRED        -               1.0             MISSING    'libusb needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : sane                 SANE - Scanning library                                      REQUIRED        -               -               OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: sane-devel    SANE - Scanning library development files                    REQUIRED        -               -               MISSING    'sane-devel needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: libavahi-dev  libavahi-dev                                                 REQUIRED        -               -               MISSING    'libavahi-dev needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED        5.0.9           -               MISSING    'libnetsnmp-devel needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: libcrypto     libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library                    REQUIRED        -               3.0.17          MISSING    'libcrypto needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : python3X             Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language          REQUIRED        2.2             3.11.2          OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL        -               -               MISSING    'python3-notify2 needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: python3-pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4                         OPTIONAL        4.0             -               MISSING    'python3-pyqt4-dbus needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: python3-pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x)         REQUIRED        4.0             -               MISSING    'python3-pyqt4 needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : python3-dbus         Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus                       REQUIRED        0.80.0          1.3.2           OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: : python3-xml          Python XML libraries                                         REQUIRED        -               2.5.0           OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: python3-devel Python devel - Python development files                      REQUIRED        2.2             3.11.2          MISSING    'python3-devel needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : python3-pil          PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL        -               9.4.0           OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: : python3-reportlab    Reportlab - PDF library for Python                           OPTIONAL        2.0             3.6.12          OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :--------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| COMPILEDEP |
hp-check[17965]: info: :--------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[31;01m error: libtool       libtool - Library building support services                  REQUIRED        -               -               MISSING    'libtool needs to be installed'[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: : gcc                  gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler                         REQUIRED        -               12.2.0          OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: : make                 make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs       REQUIRED        3.0             4.3             OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :---------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| Python Extentions |
hp-check[17965]: info: :---------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: : cupsext              CUPS-Extension                                               REQUIRED        -               3.22.10         OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: : hpmudext             IO-Extension                                                 REQUIRED        -               3.22.10         OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :----------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| Scan Configuration |
hp-check[17965]: info: :----------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :'/etc/sane.d/dll.d/hpaio' not found.
hp-check[17965]: info: : hpaio                HPLIP-SANE-Backend                                           REQUIRED        -               3.22.10         OK         'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
hp-check[17965]: info: : scanext              Scan-SANE-Extension                                          REQUIRED        -               3.22.10         OK         -
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :------------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
hp-check[17965]: info: :------------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :No Scanner found.
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :--------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
hp-check[17965]: info: :--------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :No devices found.
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :---------------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
hp-check[17965]: info: :---------------------------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mHP[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01m--[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :Type: Unknown
hp-check[17965]: info: :Device URI: http://tuxedo:631/ipp/port
hp-check[17965]: info: :PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP.ppd
warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/HP.ppd ppd file
hp-check[17965]: info: :PPD Description: 
hp-check[17965]: info: :Printer status: Drucker HP ist deaktiviert seit So 14 Dez 2025 13:21:00 -
	Die Druckerkonfiguration ist nicht korrekt oder der Drucker existiert nicht mehr.
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend for HP-Devices.
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mVirtual_Braille_BRF_Printer[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01m---------------------------[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :Type: Unknown
hp-check[17965]: info: :Device URI: cups-brf:/
hp-check[17965]: info: :PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Virtual_Braille_BRF_Printer.ppd
warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/Virtual_Braille_BRF_Printer.ppd ppd file
hp-check[17965]: info: :PPD Description: 
hp-check[17965]: info: :Printer status: Drucker Virtual_Braille_BRF_Printer ist im Leerlauf.  Aktiviert seit So 14 Dez 2025 12:44:54
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend for HP-Devices.
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :--------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| PERMISSION |
hp-check[17965]: info: :--------------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :-----------
hp-check[17965]: info: :| SUMMARY |
hp-check[17965]: info: :-----------
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mMissing Required Dependencies[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01m-----------------------------[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :None
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01mMissing Optional Dependencies[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :[01m-----------------------------[0m
hp-check[17965]: info: :None

hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :Total Errors: 16
hp-check[17965]: info: :Total Warnings: 2
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :
hp-check[17965]: info: :Done.

thanks for help

gfp

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#5 2025-12-14 14:15:20

gfp
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Re: printer

Now I copied it here

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#6 2025-12-14 15:28:47

Andre4freedom
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Posts: 243  

Re: printer

Have a look in your repos for the packages:
hplip
hplip-gui
(incl. all dependencies)

If there, install them and start hplip-gui.
Configuring your printer should be child's play then.
That works well with devuan, debian, linuxmint, ubuntu etc.

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#7 2025-12-15 11:09:11

gfp
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Posts: 31  

Re: printer

thanks for your help

I had already hplip installed. I installed also hplip-gui
but running hplip-gui says: not installed   ?????

If opening the network
it asks me for authentification

username:
Domain: WORKGROUP
password

I don´t remember to set that up.
Entering my personal password is not accepted.
It says: password wrong.
????

Now I have more options available but until now nothing helps.

If I add a new printer I have got several options:
I don´t know which one to choose
1. Generic CUPS-BRF
2. provide address
3. network printer:
    a. find one    it asks me for Host:   I don´t know what to enter.  My username or my laptop name...
    b. Windows-printer via SAMBA
    c. Internet -Printing-Protokoll (https)
    d. AppSocket/HP JetDirect
    e. LPD/LPR-Host or printer
    f. Internet-Printing-Protokoll (ipp)
    g. Internet Printing Protocol (ipps)

my printer is connected via usb to a usb-hub with 4 usb connections and through this to the laptop

running HPLIP Toolbox does not help. Running hp-setup  : error: no devices found on bus:usb

I have no clue at the moment

thanks

gfp

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#8 2025-12-15 11:33:00

gfp
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Re: printer

there appears also a question of my firewall settings.
open port for networkservices like mdns and slp

but I didn´t set up a firewall.
I have no proxy enabled.

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#9 2025-12-15 11:38:31

gfp
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Posts: 31  

Re: printer

once there was also a hint that I have to use bluetooth for some managers, I forgot which manager it was.
I don´t use bluetooth.

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#10 2025-12-16 11:32:44

kapqa
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Registered: 2019-01-02
Posts: 594  

Re: printer

hello , provided i dont use "gnuios" and have a different printer "epson ecotank"
would allow to describe the steps that needed to take to enable printing over usb with later devuan 6.

i think the issues on my end here are related to things cups and how debian or however decided to go "driverless" since it used to function quite easily on earlier edition of debian/devuan.
in fact there is a warning in cups that says "printer drivers are being deprecated in future version of cups" but for the moment it still seem to function well, once the setup is achieved;

now the printer i have has 3 connection possible, over USB - Ethernet - Wifi;

have tested only usb and ethernet, since i dont use Wifi.
Ethernnet functions, but usb is best since it has very minor delay from whence print command is issued to actual printing.

if you use an earlier version of devuan (like devuan 4) these steps might not apply.

have tried to setup the printer via "systemm settings" many times on linux, but it just wouldnot function realibly.

so what i did was.
1. download the correct printer drivers from epson > install them (this was also difficult in the past due to debian/devuan no longer shipping lsb, but with newer version of driver is no longer needed)
2. go to "localhost:631" > enter username : password (current user and userpassword on linux)
3. go tab "administration" > "add printer" > now if lucky, would find printer under "local printers" but mostly it would not show up in newer edition of linux (although the correct driver installed".
4. now would uninstall pacakge "ipp-usb" via terminal and refresh the site localhost:631
5. printer should now be listed on "local printers"
6. you should be able to add printer with the local adress etc. and select your printer package in cups.
7 however, sometimes this would not function since cups would not pickup the correct adress like
dnssd://EPSON%20ET-5170%20Series._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=nte92100-67c4-11d4-a45f-e0bb9abcd1234

then it would need to find out the adress manually
you could do this by evoking command
8. sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb

this should give the correct adress the usb connection sits on; you would neeed to enter this in the respective field in cups when "adding printer" "local printer".

if this does not function, you could also miss package, like

libcupsimage2-dev

you chould test if this function for you, and you can always re-install "ipp-usb" if you want to reset the functionality of your devuan/debian to the "original" state as delivered.

for me, this has provided a "reather" stable connection over usb, but sometimes the ipp-usb got resinstalled during update, so i needed to check if it would not print any longer.

best of luck.

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#11 2025-12-16 15:39:59

gfp
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Re: printer

I found my printer usb address in
sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb

DEBUG: Loading USB quirks from "/usr/share/cups/usb".
DEBUG: Loaded 118 quirks.
DEBUG: list_devices
DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=9
DEBUG2: iSerialNumber="CN92G561F4052T"
DEBUG2: Printer found with device ID: MFG:HP;MDL:Officejet J4500 series;CMD:MLC,PCL,PML,DW-PCL,DESKJET,DYN;1284.4DL:4d,4e,1;CLS:PRINTER;DES:CB780A;SN:CN92G561F4052T;S:038000C484001021002c1f00023c2df0100;J:                    ;Z:0102,05043949012b67,0600,0c0,0e00000000,0f00000000,10000002000002,12000,143,150; Device URI: usb://HP/Officejet%20J4500%20series?serial=CN92G561F4052T&interface=1
direct usb://HP/Officejet%20J4500%20series?serial=CN92G561F4052T&interface=1 "HP Officejet J4500 series" "HP Officejet J4500 series" "MFG:HP;MDL:Officejet J4500 series;CMD:MLC,PCL,PML,DW-PCL,DESKJET,DYN;1284.4DL:4d,4e,1;CLS:PRINTER;DES:CB780A;SN:CN92G561F4052T;S:038000C484001021002c1f00023c2df0100;J:                    ;Z:0102,05043949012b67,0600,0c0,0e00000000,0f00000000,10000002000002,12000,143,150;" ""

Local Printers:    
CUPS-BRF (Virtual Braille BRF Printer)
HP Printer (HPLIP)                                     I chose this option. Is that wrong?
HP Fax (HPLIP)

Discovered Network Printers:    
Other Network Printers:     Backend Error Handler
Internet Printing Protocol (http)
Internet Printing Protocol (https)
Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
LPD/LPR Host or Printer
Internet Printing Protocol (ipps)
AppSocket/HP JetDirect
Windows Printer via SAMBA
   
If I want to use the network option it asks me for the WORKGROUP password. But it does never take my password.

So at the moment yet unsolved. No printing.

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#12 2025-12-16 16:01:49

greenjeans
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Re: printer

I typically use the package system-config-printer, it's a nice little gui for helping get set up, and works fine in my experience with hplip and all the other backend drivers and cups stuff.

If it's a network printer as opposed to direct connect, cups-browsed might help.

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#13 2025-12-16 16:28:36

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Re: printer

as sadi, could not help yoiu excatly with HP printer,

but the adress in case you needed to insert it manually under "HP Printer" should be according to your data shared

usb://HP/Officejet%20J4500%20series?serial=CN92G561F4052T&interface=1

EDIT: the cups interface is somewhat borked;
previously it needed sometimes to be amended manually via settings; lately it seems that you could no longer manually edit it or that it gets overriden if you set other options;

i have used this guide here in the past to get cups to function more reliably on a variety of computers; it is an older post, but it still could provide useful info you might wanna test if it makes a differeence.

https://www.howtogeek.com/169679/how-to … -computer/

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#14 Yesterday 09:47:36

gfp
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Re: printer

system-config-printer   was already installed.
cups-browsed          was already installed

after printing
I am getting this message:

Execution in progress - waiting for the printer to become available.

What does that mean after printer is installed?
How can I make the printer available?

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#15 Yesterday 09:50:28

gfp
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Re: printer

username:
Domain: WORKGROUP
password

How can I set up a new WORKGROUP and delete this one because I can´t log in?

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#16 Yesterday 11:12:47

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Re: printer

Did you try letting hplip detect a USB printer instead of trying to find a network printer?

Open hplip. It says no installed devices found.
Click on Setup Device.
Select first checkbox for USB and click Next.
If it does not find the printer, click on Back and then on Advanced Options.
Then check the Manual Discovery box where you can enter the USB device ID. (and then Next)

FWIW, cups still lists my HP4L that I bought in 1995. (May it rest in peace.)

If you do want to set it up as a network printer, the Host that hplip is looking for is probably the IP address of the printer. I don't know how you get that or set that - check the printer manual.

If you really want to do it with a WORKGROUP, you need to set up the printer on a Windows network.

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#17 Today 10:16:08

kapqa
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Re: printer

one more info that  may or may not help yoiu

actually had a problem with the usb cable (amon other issues) sometime ago;

it really can be usb cable can be somewhat faulty; after changing the usb cable to another one, anchors away.

(there was other issue with setting up the kprinter initially over usb instead of ethernet/wifi on windows; but thats a whole other issue and specific epson-software related;)

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#18 Today 11:25:30

gfp
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Re: printer

thanks for help

I tried as fsmithred said to let hplip detect a USB printer.
after entering all the data it did not take it, but the programme shut down and I couldn´t open it anymore.
I had to restart the system.

In localhost I tried to do the same and it was possible to add a new printer.
I entered in hplip my printer and saved everything.
then I tried to print and there came up a message:

Unable to initialize USB access via libusb, libusb error -99 (Other error)

That seems the be the problem.
I checked In Synaptic that libusb is installed. But there are many other libusb packages.

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#19 Today 12:01:31

kapqa
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Re: printer

@gfp, have you tried uninstall "ipp-usb" and then initialize the procedure as shared by fsmithred?

EDIT:
was able to print succesfully on an old 970CXI Deskjet that bought maybe 25-26 year ago just with
localhost:631 > add printer > local printer (970cx) > connecton (insert the found out Device URI: usb://HP/DESKJET%20970C?serial=ES08S1D183LM) > select driver from list > HP > Deskjet 970c > complete setup and options

it would print instantly when issued command (but has no more or dried ink).

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https://ibb.co/Kxgt74H0

it is not elegant mode to add printer, but it functions.

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