Hp Photosmart 7260 doesn't work properly under Ubuntu 9.10

please run "hp-check -t" and post the output.
I'm not sure exactly what you where saying before, can you describe the problem again?

Thank you for supporting HPLIP,
Naga Samrat Chowdary.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.8)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3

Copyright (c) 2001-9 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 Ponzio-Linux 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 16:20:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
ubuntu 9.10

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.6.4 installed

Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.6 installed.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: la stampa programmata è in esecuzione
error: Version: (Not available. CUPS may not be installed or not running.)

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...
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 aptitude install --assume-yes cupsddk cupsddk-drivers

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 aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd

Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image 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 aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev

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:
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libdbus-1-dev

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 aptitude install --assume-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 aptitude install --assume-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 aptitude install --assume-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 aptitude install --assume-yes libsnmp-dev

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:
sudo aptitude install --assume-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 aptitude install --assume-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: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
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 aptitude install --assume-yes policykit policykit-gnome

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...
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 aptitude install --assume-yes python-dev

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...
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 aptitude install --assume-yes libsane-dev

Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.

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

Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.9.8 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=3.9.8

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hplip
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-doc/HTML
icon=no
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv

# 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
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.9.8.36
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=yes
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=yes

Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables.

[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0

Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[last_used]
printer_name =
working_dir = .
device_uri = "hp:/usb/photosmart_7200_series?serial=CN3B33B0MFI5"

[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%

[installation]
version = 3.9.8.36
date_time = 25/01/2010 22:11:04

[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

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

  Device URI Model
  -------------------------------- -------------------------
  hp:/usb/photosmart_7200_series?s HP photosmart 7200 series
  erial=CN3B33B0MFI5

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

photosmart-7200-series
----------------------
Type: Unknown
Device URI: usb://hp/photosmart%207200%20series?serial=CN3B33B0MFI5
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/photosmart-7200-series.ppd
PPD Description: HP Photosmart 7200 Series hpijs, 3.9.8
Printer status: la stampante photosmart-7200-series è in attesa. Abilitata da dom 24 gen 2010 16:46:53 CET
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.

photosmart-7200-series-2
------------------------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/usb/photosmart_7200_series?serial=CN3B33B0MFI5
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/photosmart-7200-series-2.ppd
PPD Description: HP Photosmart 7200 Series hpijs, 3.9.8
Printer status: la stampante photosmart-7200-series-2 è in attesa. Abilitata da dom 24 gen 2010 16:48:21 CET
Communication status: Good

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

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

Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
WARNING: Unhandled message: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable, path=/, member=Introspect

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

---------------------
| 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 0xb002 at 001:006:
    Device URI: hp:/usb/photosmart_7200_series?serial=CN3B33B0MFI5
    Device node: /dev/bus/usb/001/006
    Mode: 0660

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| USER GROUPS |
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| SUMMARY |
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error: 15 errors and/or warnings.

Summary of needed commands to run to satisfy missing dependencies:
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes cupsddk cupsddk-drivers
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libdbus-1-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes build-essential
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes openssl
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libjpeg62-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libsnmp-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libtool
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libusb-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes policykit policykit-gnome
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes python-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libsane-dev

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

Done.

This is the "hp-check -t".
The Problem is: The Printer is found. The driver still find it.
But if I try to print something, nothing happened.
The printer crashed, it goes to Inactive with an error in the driver status and the printer freeze: No botton can help, the power botton doesn't respond to command, the cancel button doesn't work..
The Only thing that work is to power off the printer by disconnect the power cable..

If I've been lucky when the printer restart, begin to print, else I have to cancel the printing and retry all again.

There is a start of cicle:

Launch printing--> Print Freeze --> Disconect the power cable --> Connect the power cable --> I'm lucky?
* Case ( Yes): The printer start to print and then return to his Freeze Status
*Case (No): Cancel the print, disconect the power cable and retry to start the printing

If You need some more Information i'm here..

How are you installed HPLIP?
by download from www.hplipopensource.com web site (or) through Synaptic Package Manager.

If you are installed through Synaptic Package Manager, please uninstall it.
Please download the HPLIP Auto Installer from following link and install:
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install.html

Hope this Helps,
Naga Samrat Chowdary.

I have already installed HPLIP from the Hp site..
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install.html
HPLIP found the printer, simply doesn't work correctly..
When I try to print the printer freezed..

"hp-check -t" output is showing you are using hplip 3.9.8. hplip 3.9.12 is the latest version.

Please install the following dependency packages!
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes cupsddk cupsddk-drivers
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libdbus-1-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes build-essential
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes openssl
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libjpeg62-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libsnmp-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libtool
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libusb-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes policykit policykit-gnome
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes python-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libsane-dev

Please follow the ubuntu manual instructions at the following link:
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/distros/ubuntu.html

Hope this Helps,
Naga Samrat Chowdary.

Ok..
If I change the default
hp:/usb/photosmart_7200_series?serial=
into a usb device:
usb://hp/photosmart%207200%20series?serial=
then my printer work again..

But I don't know why It doesn't work with the original URI..

Thanks for your update!
look forward to help in future, if you have any problem with HPLIP.

Thank you for supporting HPLIP,
Naga Samrat Chowdary.

Newest HPLIP ( 3.9.12 ) version doesn't fix the problem; the workaround works.