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On opening the 'printing' item in settings, selecting the 'properties' results in an error message "Option 'printer-resolution' has value '(unknown IPP tag)' and cannot be edited." This message was present before d/l the hplip 3.12.6 install, and it's still present

Hi,

Thanks for reporting the issue in HPLIP. To help us understand and analyze the issue please follow following things.
=> Download and install the latest HPLIP release from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html (automatic) or http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/index.html (manual if automatic does not work)

=> Reconfigure print queue with the commands in the terminal mentioned below.
       => system-config-printer (remove all print queues)
      => su -c "hp-plugin" (This will download right plugin)
       => hp-setup (It should not be run in a root mode. This command is adding print queue, make sure you select ppd name having "-ps" or "hpcups" substring)
=>Try printing now.

If problem does not get solved then please run following command to capture the logs and send the logs.

$su -c "hp-logcapture"

**Please use "Create a bug report" to attach the logs as "Ask a Question" does not provide the file attachment option

Sorry for the scattering of the pieces of observations--I can't seem to get
them all written down together at the same time. I forgot to mention the
following when I posted the log files as bug report 1048841:

With regard to the install of the 3.12.9 version, I followed the steps
below, but while in hp-setup the program auto-selects the PPD file as
"lsb/usr/HP/hp-laserjet_cp1025nw-hpijs.ppd.gz" Searching the list of PPD
files, there is no name available with "-ps" or "hpcups" in the name (that
also has the cp1025nw printer model).

...Joe

At 16:01 12-09-10 -0000, you wrote:
>Your question #207891 on HPLIP changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/207891
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
>Sanjay Kumar proposed the following answer:
>Hi,
>
>Thanks for reporting the issue in HPLIP. To help us understand and analyze
the issue please follow following things.
>=> Download and install the latest HPLIP release from
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html (automatic)
or http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/index.html (manual
if automatic does not work)
>
>=> Reconfigure print queue with the commands in the terminal mentioned below.
> => system-config-printer (remove all print queues)
> => su -c "hp-plugin" (This will download right plugin)
> => hp-setup (It should not be run in a root mode. This command is
adding print queue, make sure you select ppd name having "-ps" or "hpcups"
substring)
>=>Try printing now.
>
>
>If problem does not get solved then please run following command to
capture the logs and send the logs.
>
>$su -c "hp-logcapture"
>
>
>**Please use "Create a bug report" to attach the logs as "Ask a Question"
does not provide the file attachment option
>
>--
>If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>know that it is solved:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/207891/+confirm?answer_id=1
>
>If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>following page to enter your feedback:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/207891
>
>You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>
>

I followed the alternate suggestion 'manual' procedure mentioned, and the
hp-setup is now able to find a ppd with "hpcups" in the name, and the
install results in the cp1025nw printer working properly.

However, the parallel-port connected printer (an older HP laserjet 6L) does
not work, and hp-setup has the parallel-port discovery option greyed out.
Using the admin-printing option to add the parallel port printer seems to
succeed, I can select various .ppd files and I've tried most of them, the
one with hpcups 3.12.9 seems best, but printing a test page yields about
80% of the proper "printer test page" the remainder is cut off in the
middle of a line of text. Thereafter the printer doesn't do anything when
any application's 'file, print' command is given.

...Joe

At 16:01 12-09-10 -0000, you wrote:
>Your question #207891 on HPLIP changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/207891
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
>Sanjay Kumar proposed the following answer:
>Hi,
>
>Thanks for reporting the issue in HPLIP. To help us understand and analyze
the issue please follow following things.
>=> Download and install the latest HPLIP release from
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html (automatic)
or http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/index.html (manual
if automatic does not work)
>
>=> Reconfigure print queue with the commands in the terminal mentioned below.
> => system-config-printer (remove all print queues)
> => su -c "hp-plugin" (This will download right plugin)
> => hp-setup (It should not be run in a root mode. This command is
adding print queue, make sure you select ppd name having "-ps" or "hpcups"
substring)
>=>Try printing now.
>
>
>If problem does not get solved then please run following command to
capture the logs and send the logs.
>
>$su -c "hp-logcapture"
>
>
>**Please use "Create a bug report" to attach the logs as "Ask a Question"
does not provide the file attachment option
>
>--
>If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>know that it is solved:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/207891/+confirm?answer_id=1
>
>If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>following page to enter your feedback:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/207891
>
>You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>
>

OK, that all worked just fine. Now both printers are working correctly. Thank you very kindly for all the assistance.

Thanks Sanjay Kumar, that solved my question.