Printing to a networked HP2600n

Well I have searched the forums and not really come up with an answer, so I'll tell you what I did and maybe someone can work out where I'm going wrong

I have a HP Colour Laserjet 2600n on my home network. It works perfectly with my XP machine, and my EEEpc 900. However I can't get it to work with my son's Aspire One.

I went to the HP website http://hplip.sourceforge.net/, downloaded the script and ran it as per the instructions. After a lot of downloads, it was ready to try to connect. I tried an automatic scan to discover it, but no luck. However a manual scan using the correct IP address found it. I eventually ended up with a connection URL that looked like this hp:/net/HP2600n?ip=x.x.x.x:9100. However printing didn't work - nothing on the printer. I Now I knew from my experience with the EEEpc that the out of the box stuff for the 2600n might not work, so I went to here: http://foo2hp.rkkda.com/ and followed the instructions. Everything completed correctly, but still no printing. I went back and selected the PPD file that was downloaded with the http://foo2hp.rkkda.com/ package, but still no printing!

Now I know you can print from Linux to the HP2600n, because my EEEpc will. However it uses a different connection URL - socket:/ - which does not work on the Aspire One.

I'm no Linux expert - I just follow instructions - so I could do with a bit of help! Any suggestions?

 

Hi,

Just to say I have the same problem with my Minolta Magicolor 2300 DL which is networked. I can print OK from my PC but the Aspire One refuses to print. I have been in email correspondence with Linpus and they were very helpful and responded quickly but their solution still didn't work. I am puzzled by the fact that the illustrations Linpus sent me seem to show different software. Acer were no help and referred me to their very expensive Helpline.

Gerry

 

I have a networked HP. The trouble is that like a few other things, the version of cups that comes with Linpus is old and doesn't work properly.

I did the following.
(If you haven't done this yet, then first do)

sudo yum -y update fedora-release

It will probably point out that it's importing some keys, that's fine.

Then,
sudo yum -y update cups

After that, you should see an AppSocket/HP JetDirect entry in the add printer dialogs and can use it like so
socket://192.168.1.50

 

Many thanks - your suggestions worked a treat!

 

I've entered that command but Acer says:

Code:

Could not find update match for cups
No Packages marked for Update

And JetDirect option has not appeared. Only SMB and IPP are available.

How can I fix it?