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Re: printer-driver-foo2zjs and udev



Ok, I will try removing the printer and adding it again. Thanks for the
advice :-)

On 14/01/13 03:31, Steven Rosenberg wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Steven Rosenberg
> <stevenhrosenberg@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:03 PM, José Luis Segura Lucas
>> <josel.segura@gmx.es> wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> On Debian Testing I'm unable to make working an HP Laserjet 1018 after a
>>> big upgrade, after a lot of time without accessing the system.
>>>
>>> After a lot of tries, I just figured that, if I turn off the udev
>>> service when I power on the printer, then I can use the script
>>> "hplj1018" to upload the proprietary firmware to it and then, make it
>>> working, but in the usual scenario, with all the services started and so
>>> on, I'm unable.
>>>
>>> After a little debug onto the hplj1018 script, I see that, when udev is
>>> started, the command "usb_printerid" doesn't return the expected output
>>> to the script, and it can't upload the firmware.
>>>
>>> In addition, I saw that printer-driver-foo2zjs package contains some
>>> udev rules. It's likely if the hplj1018 script will be run when the
>>> printer is detected at power up, but it doesn't work (or it doesn't work
>>> on the expected way).
>>>
>>> Has anyone experienced the same problem?
>>>
>>> In addition, I'm testing all that stuff from a remote location, so I
>>> don't have access to the printer to power it off and on, so the testing
>>> is difficult. Do you know some way to "simulate" the connection and
>>> disconnection of the USB device related to the printer? It will be nice
>>> to do it without calling by phone.
>>>
>>> Thaks in advance
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm using a HP LaserJet 1020, which I think is pretty similar, and I'm
>> not doing anything special in Wheezy. It just works.
> 
> 
> Now that I think about it, I did have to "reinstall" the printer after
> I upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy, but once I did that, the printer
> worked normally and still does.
> 
> 


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