low print quality in Deskjet 882C under Ubuntu
Under Windows 98, the print quality on my HP Deskjet 882C printer is excellent - typeset quality. Under Ubuntu 8.04 it is more like a good dot-matrix printer. I have installed msttcorefonts, a bunch of other tt fonts from Windows 98 and Office 2000, and have checked various high quality print options when I print, still the same mediocre quality. ControlCenter - HardwareDrivers shows "No proprietary drivers are in use on this system. However, I do seem to have the driver.
Following this note is the output from
dpkg -l hplip
and
hp-check -t
As you can see, there are some dependencies that are not installed, but it seems that some do not need to be installed (they are required at compile time only, yet say to ensure they are installed before running - I'm puzzled). Prior to running the commands, I'd like to know what they do, and if they are likely to solve the problem. I'd also like to know why these missing dependencies are missing. It's a standard Ubuntu 8.04 install which was done without the printer attached at the time. I attached the printer hardware later, and it seemed to work, though not as well as under windows. Does Ubuntu not install the driver if it doesn't see the printer when set up?
It seems to be a common problem with no quick solution evident in google searches.
Thanks for any insight.
Jose
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jose@Gigi:~$ dpkg -l hplip
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Description
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ii hplip 2.8.2-0ubuntu8 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
jose@Gigi:~$ hp-check -t
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.8.2)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 13.0
Copyright (c) 2001-7 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...
warning: Invalid drv_dir value: /usr/share/
---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------
Basic system information:
Linux Gigi 2.6.24-24-generic #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 17:04:53 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
Distribution:
ubuntu 8.04
HPOJ running?
No, HPOJ is not running (OK).
Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.5.2 installed
Checking PyQt version...
error: NOT FOUND OR FAILED TO LOAD!
Checking SIP version...
error: SIP not installed or version not found.
Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
error: Version: (Not available. CUPS may not be installed or not running.)
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| 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...
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes build-essential
Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic 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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes openssl
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libjpeg62-dev
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libsnmp-dev
Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads 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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes build-essential
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libtool
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libusb-dev
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 - Qt interface for Python...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python-qt3
Checking for dependency: python-devel - Python development files...
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python2.5-dev
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...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python-reportlab
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
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:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libsane-dev
Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes sane-utils
Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.
-------
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
-------
Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 2.8.2 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.
Current contents of '/etc/hp/
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hpssd]
# Note: hpssd does not support dynamic ports
# Port 2207 is the IANA assigned port for hpssd
port=2207
[hplip]
version=2.8.2
[dirs]
home=/usr/
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/
ppdbase=
doc=/usr/
icon=no
cupsbackend=
cupsfilter=
drv=/usr/
# 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
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
foomatic-
foomatic-
foomatic-
internal-
-------
| DISCOVERED PARALLEL DEVICES |
-------
No devices found.
-------
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
-------
No devices found.
-------
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
-------
DESKJET_882C
------------
Type: Unknown
Installed in HPLIP?: No, not using the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend.
Device URI: parallel:/dev/lp0
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP DeskJet 882C Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.2
Printer status: printer DESKJET_882C is idle. enabled since Sat 29 Aug 2009 03:32:36 PM EDT
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
PDF
---
Type: Unknown
Installed in HPLIP?: No, not using the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend.
Device URI: cups-pdf:/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: Generic PDF file generator
Printer status: printer PDF is idle. enabled since Tue 22 Apr 2008 01:54:42 PM EDT
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
-------
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
-------
'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.
error: Not found. SANE backend 'hpaio' NOT properly setup (needs to be added to /etc/sane.
Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
error: scanimage not found.
-------
| 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...
-----------
| SUMMARY |
-----------
error: 19 errors and/or warnings.
Summary of needed commands to run to satisfy missing dependencies:
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes build-essential
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes openssl
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libjpeg62-dev
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libsnmp-dev
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes build-essential
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libtool
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libusb-dev
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python-qt3
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python2.5-dev
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python-reportlab
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libsane-dev
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes sane-utils
Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://
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