how to use hp: cups backend?
Trying to debug a printing problem on 64-bit natty and a deskjet 920c, I have installed the current version of hplip, and when I run "hp-check -t" I get the following:
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DeskJet_920C
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Type: Unknown
Device URI: lpd://192.
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Deskjet 920c, hpcups 3.11.1
Printer /usr/lib/
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
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So it's telling me that I need to do something, but what?? How do I force the printer to "use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend"?
FWIW, the problem I'm trying to debug concerns the fact that I can no longer (after updating from maverick) print photographs on photo paper. Ordinary text prints fine, as do low-quality photos. The error message about the CUPS backend seems to suggest that nothing should work at all, but it's just the high-quality prints that seem to be failing. In maverick, everything worked fine.
Anyway, if someone could please tell me how to force the printer to use the hp: CUPS backend, maybe that will solve the problem. (If it doesn't, I'll post a complete report at that point.)
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