HPLIP

Printing photo 6x4 via HPLIP uses 6 sheets of 6x4.

Asked by Stephen Goodey on 2009-03-24

Hello, I suspect I'm being stupid but here goes.

I'm using Opensuse 11.1, KDE 4.2.1, HPLIP 3.9.2 Device Manager 15.0 (Qt4) with an HP Photosmart D7160 printer.

I'm using HPLIP to print a photo stored on the pc's hard drive. I pick the file req'd and set the paper size as 6x4 and the media source as the photo tray, everything else is default.

Why does it spread the print over 6 sheets of 6x4 paper? What do I need to do to get it to print on one sheet?

Regards, Steve.

steve@diningroom:~> hp-check -t

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.2)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.1

Copyright (c) 2001-8 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or
.run) to determine if the proper dependencies are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an
already built HPLIP supplied tarball has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode will check both of the above cases (both
compile- and run-time dependencies).

Saving output in log file: hp-check.log

Initializing. Please wait...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------

Basic system information:
Linux diningroom 2.6.27.19-3.2-pae #1 SMP 2009-02-25 15:40:44 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
suse 11.1

HPOJ running?
No, HPOJ is not running (OK).

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.6.0 installed

Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.4.4 installed.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.3.9
error_log is set to level: info

Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.0

------------------------------------
| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
------------------------------------

note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).

Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install dbus-1-devel python-gobject2"

Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install gcc-c++"

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...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install libjpeg-devel"

Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install net-snmp-devel"

Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install libtool libgphoto2-devel"

Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install libusb-devel libusb-1_0-0"

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: ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module....
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x)...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python ctypes - A foreign function library for Python...
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 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...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install xsane sane-frontends"

----------------------
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
----------------------

Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.9.2 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=3.9.2

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip
ppdbase=/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs
doc=/usr/share/doc/packages/hplip
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp

# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=yes
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
foomatic-drv-install=no
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=yes
internal-tag=3.9.2.49
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=yes
qt4=yes

Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[last_used]
working_dir = /home/steve/Desktop/Dolmio
printer_name = hpphotosmartd7100series
device_uri = hp:/usb/Photosmart_D7100_series?serial=MY68HF92QC04SF

[commands]
fax = hp-sendfax -d %FAX_URI%
scan = xscanimage
prnt = hp-print -p%PRINTER%
pcard = hp-unload -d %DEVICE_URI%
cpy = hp-makecopies -d %DEVICE_URI%

[installation]
date_time = 03/24/09 18:42:13
version = 3.9.2.49

[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = False
type = 0

-------------------------------
| DISCOVERED PARALLEL DEVICES |
-------------------------------

No devices found.

--------------------------
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
--------------------------

  Device URI Model
  ----------------------------------------------- --------------------------
  hp:/usb/Photosmart_D7100_series?serial=MY68HF92 HP Photosmart D7100 series
  QC04SF

---------------------------------
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
---------------------------------

hpphotosmartd7100series
-----------------------
Type: Printer
Installed in HPLIP?: Yes, using the hp: CUPS backend.
Device URI: hp:/usb/Photosmart_D7100_series?serial=MY68HF92QC04SF
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/hpphotosmartd7100series.ppd
PPD Description: HP Photosmart d7100 Series Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.12.26
Printer status: printer hpphotosmartd7100series is idle. enabled since Tue 24 Mar 2009 18:29:59 GMT
Communication status: Good

----------------------
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
----------------------

'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.

Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
device `epkowa:libusb:001:006' is a Epson Perfection 2400 flatbed scanner

---------------------
| 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 0xc602 at 001:008:
    Device URI: hp:/usb/Photosmart_D7100_series?serial=MY68HF92QC04SF
    Device node: /dev/bus/usb/001/008
    Mode: 0664
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: dev/bus/usb/001/008
# owner: lp
# group: lp
user::rw-
user:steve:rw-
group::rw-
mask::rw-
other::r--

-----------
| SUMMARY |
-----------

error: 7 errors and/or warnings.

Summary of needed commands to run to satisfy missing dependencies:
xterm -e su -c "yast --install dbus-1-devel python-gobject2"
xterm -e su -c "yast --install gcc-c++"
xterm -e su -c "yast --install libjpeg-devel"
xterm -e su -c "yast --install net-snmp-devel"
xterm -e su -c "yast --install libtool libgphoto2-devel"
xterm -e su -c "yast --install libusb-devel libusb-1_0-0"
xterm -e su -c "yast --install xsane sane-frontends"

Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html

Done.