"Unable to open initial device" after "Unable to execute /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip-hplip: No such file or directory"
Hi all,
I have a Officejet Pro 8500 A910 (eAll in One) connected to my network using wifi. I could ping the printer, reach the webinterface and print from Windows. So, I'm sure the printer is working fine.
I installed (automatic) HPLIP 3.11.10 on a Debian Squeeze without problems or error messages.
Here is the output from a hp-check -t:
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HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3
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| SYSTEM INFO |
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Basic system information:
Linux littlecastor 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 3 04:15:24 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
Distribution:
debian 6.0.3
Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.6.6 installed
Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.7.3 installed.
Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.4.4
error_log is set to level: warn
Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.1
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| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
-------
Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python devel - Python development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python XML libraries...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.
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| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
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Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.11.10 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.
Current contents of '/etc/hp/
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.11.10
[dirs]
home=/usr/
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/
ppdbase=
doc=/usr/
icon=/usr/
cupsbackend=
cupsfilter=
drv=/usr/
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
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-
foomatic-
foomatic-
hpcups-install=no
cups-drv-install=no
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=no
hpcups-
hpijs-only-build=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables.
[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0
Current contents of '~/.hplip/
[last_used]
printer_name = Officejet_
working_dir = .
device_uri = "hp:/net/
[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%
[installation]
version = 3.11.10
date_time = 12/05/2011 17:58:12
[settings]
systray_messages = 0
systray_visible = 0
[fax]
email_address =
voice_phone =
[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1
[polling]
enable = false
device_list =
interval = 5
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| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
-------
No devices found.
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| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
-------
Officejet_
-------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/net/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Officejet Pro 8500 a910 hpijs, 3.11.10
Printer status: printer Officejet_
ready to print
Communication status: Good
Officejet_
-------
Type: Fax
Device URI: hpfax:/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Fax4 hpijs
Printer status: printer Officejet_
Communication status: Good
-------
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
-------
'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.
Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
device `hpaio:
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| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
-------
Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
OK, found.
-----------------
| USB I/O SETUP |
-----------------
Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...
HP Device 0x1e1d at 004:005:
HP Device 0x171d at 003:002:
---------------
| USER GROUPS |
---------------
gerd lp uucp dialout fax cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev users powerdev scanner netdev lpadmin truecrypt
-----------
| SUMMARY |
-----------
No errors or warnings.
Done.
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When I tried to print a test page a had the following error message in /var/log/
Unable to execute /usr/lib/
Unable to start filter "foomatic-
Stopping job because the scheduler could not execute a filter.
Filter "/usr/lib/
I searched on the web and looked arround without founding significant informations.
The only thing I found was to make a:
ln -s foomatic-rip foomatic-rip-hplip
What I did and retried a print. I got a page with the following text on it:
"**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting"
It would be nice if somebody has an idea what to do. Thank you in advance for each hint!
Gerd
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