Bug 214037

I would like some more information about this:

1. Is this a '3200', a '3200m', or a '3200se'?
2. If you run 'system-config-printer' from a terminal window and create a new
queue for this printer, do you get any messages displayed on that terminal window?

(In reply to comment #1)
> 1. Is this a '3200', a '3200m', or a '3200se'?

It says "hp LaserJet 3200" on the front.  It's a multi-function
fax/scanner/printer but I only use the printing functionality.

> 2. If you run 'system-config-printer' from a terminal window and create a new
> queue for this printer, do you get any messages displayed on that terminal window?

$ system-config-printer 

(system-config-printer.py:23332): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Failed to open session
DBUS connection: Unable to determine the address of the message bus (try 'man
dbus-launch' and 'man dbus-daemon' for help)
Volume monitoring will not work.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 2152,
in on_tvNPMakes_cursor_changed
    self.NPMake = model.get(iter, 0)[0]
TypeError: iter must be a GtkTreeIter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 2152,
in on_tvNPMakes_cursor_changed
    self.NPMake = model.get(iter, 0)[0]
TypeError: iter must be a GtkTreeIter
HP-LaserJet_3200 Postscript
PPD name: PPD/HP/mono_laser/HP_LaserJet_3200.ppd

Guess that model isn't PostScript-capable then.  Do you happen to know if it is
possible to get a PostScript add-on module for it?

(In reply to comment #3)
> Do you happen to know if it is
> possible to get a PostScript add-on module for it?

I don't know, but a cursory Google search didn't show any.

Okay, foomatic bug then.

By the way: "How come the connected printers can be displayed but it can't pick
the manufacturer and model from that?"  Good question!  Where exactly do you see
them displayed, and what does '/usr/sbin/lpinfo -v | grep parallel' say?

(In reply to comment #5)
> By the way: "How come the connected printers can be displayed but it can't pick
> the manufacturer and model from that?"  Good question!  Where exactly do you see
> them displayed, and what does '/usr/sbin/lpinfo -v | grep parallel' say?

I see them in the second page of the new printer wizard.  The listing of
potential devices (/dev/lp0, usb, LPT, etc.) shows "HP LaserJet 3200 LPT
parport0 HPLIP".

$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v | grep parallel
direct parallel:/dev/lp0

Oh, I think this might be due to an HPLIP issue with Device IDs (it takes a
short-cut which produces incorrect results).  What does '/usr/sbin/lpinfo -v'
say in full?

(In reply to comment #7)
> What does '/usr/sbin/lpinfo -v' say in full?

$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v
network socket
network beh
direct hal
direct hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_3200?device=/dev/parport0
direct hpfax:/par/HP_LaserJet_3200?device=/dev/parport0
network http
network ipp
network lpd
direct parallel:/dev/lp0
direct scsi
serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200
network smb

How about '/usr/sbin/lpinfo -l -v'?

(In reply to comment #9)
> How about '/usr/sbin/lpinfo -l -v'?

$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo -l -v
Device: uri = socket
        class = network
        info = AppSocket/HP JetDirect
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = beh
        class = network
        info = Backend Error Handler
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = hal
        class = direct
        info = Hal printing backend
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_3200?device=/dev/parport0
        class = direct
        info = HP LaserJet 3200 LPT parport0 HPLIP
        make-and-model = HP LaserJet 3200
        device-id = MFG:Hewlett-Packard;CMD:PJL,MLC,PCL,PCLXL;MDL:HP LaserJet
3200;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 3200;MEM:8MB;1284.4DL:4d,4e,1;
Device: uri = hpfax:/par/HP_LaserJet_3200?device=/dev/parport0
        class = direct
        info = HP LaserJet 3200 LPT parport0 HPLIP HP Fax
        make-and-model = HP Fax
        device-id = MFG:HP;MDL:Fax;DES:HP Fax;
Device: uri = http
        class = network
        info = Internet Printing Protocol (http)
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = ipp
        class = network
        info = Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = lpd
        class = network
        info = LPD/LPR Host or Printer
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = parallel:/dev/lp0
        class = direct
        info = LPT #1
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = scsi
        class = direct
        info = SCSI Printer
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
        class = serial
        info = Serial Port #1
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200
        class = serial
        info = Serial Port #2
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
Device: uri = smb
        class = network
        info = Windows Printer via SAMBA
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 

Thanks.  I've filed bug #214434 to track that.

(In reply to comment #11)
> Thanks.  I've filed bug #214434 to track that.

Thank _you_!

So we're back to this being a foomatic bug.  Anything I can do to help figure
out why it's picking postscript over gimp-print in my case?

Well, the strange thing about it is that HP's own PPD for this printer says it
*is* PostScript capable.

So I think something must be going wrong with the data transfer.

If you select the appropriate parallel port (e.g. LPT #1) for the device,
instead of 'HP LaserJet 3200 LPT parport0 HPLIP', does the test page work then?

(In reply to comment #14)
> If you select the appropriate parallel port (e.g. LPT #1) for the device,
> instead of 'HP LaserJet 3200 LPT parport0 HPLIP', does the test page work then?

No, it's the same thing.  It still picks postscript and that doesn't work.

Looking on the back of the printer, I see:  Model No. C7052A .  Perhaps that can
help?

What does this command say?:

find /sys -name ieee1284_id | xargs cat

Actually, sorry, this is a parallel port connection isn't it?  So run this
command instead:

cat /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe*

$ cat /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe*
CLASS:PRINTER;
MODEL:HP LaserJet 3200;
MANUFACTURER:Hewlett-Packard;
DESCRIPTION:Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 3200;
COMMAND SET:PJL,MLC,PCL,PCLXL;

IEEE 1284 information added upstream.

Fixed in update: foomatic-3.0.2-39.4.fc6

Thanks!  Everything is now parsed properly and it picks the following make and
model:

HP LaserJet 3200 Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended)

My only remaining concern is that the recommended driver thinks it can print
wider/taller than it can while Foomatic/gimp-print-ijs driver does the right
thing.  A cups test page printer with the latter (gimp-print) shows the scales
around the outside while the former (pxlmono) shows only the largest gradations.

Would you mind opening a new foomatic bug report for that?  The margins
information only seems to be recorded in the gimp-print-ijs XML file, not in the
printer XML files.

(In reply to comment #22)
> Would you mind opening a new foomatic bug report for that?  The margins
> information only seems to be recorded in the gimp-print-ijs XML file, not in the
> printer XML files.

Sure:  bug #223470.  Thanks.