HP Deskjet 845C printing garbage in Ubuntu 8.04 and found no solution anywhere

Asked by Rising Sun

My HP Deskjet 845-C is installed, configured and set as default printer in UBUNTU 8.04 yet its printing garbage on any document sent for printing either from Open Office Word or from any text editor. Need a workable solution please. And Please note that Its just been 3 days now that I ve been using any linux platform for the first time in life so please describe in step wise easy manner if anyone may!

I shall be grateful for the help extended.

Regards

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Rising Sun (salikqureshi) said :
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In System---------> Administration--------> Printing

1- First was the Printer Description Written as "HEWLETT-PACKARD
DESKJET 845C"

The Next Dialogue was location which I suppose was
empty because it might have been for network printers,

Then third Option Was Device Url:
"hp:/usb/DeskJet_845C?serial=TH187179S9SX" This was all OK BUT

Next thing I found there was PRINTER MODEL Written as HP-Deskjet
845-C FOOMATIC. This "foomatic" thing placed me in doubt and

2- When I went to System-------->Preferences----->Hplip Toolbox....
there is a Tab "Tools" and third option in that Tab is "VIEW DEVICE
INFORMATION" Its a long list of Device Stats and problems even it
tells you the ink status and health of cartridge if you can read
and understand carefully.

In this option I found out My Printer Model was Written as HP-DESKJET-845c- CUPS and Model Detail was HP 845-cvr

So My Printer was not Foomatic Kind it was a CUPS Kind.

Therefore I then Go Back to In System---------> Administration--------> Printing and in SETTINGS TAB I Changed the Third Option i.e. HP DeskJet 845-C Foomatic to HP DeskJet 845C - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2

Then I Set My Printer as Default here and Go back to Hplip and Set The Current Printer as Default Again, and Run the "Allign Cartridges" Option Under Tools Tab (Which you can say was Printer Calibration your Printer's Case)

I Printed the Test Page and Its Working Fine Now.

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Rising Sun (salikqureshi) said :
#2

In System---------> Administration--------> Printing

1- First was the Printer Description Written as "HEWLETT-PACKARD
DESKJET 845C"

The Next Dialogue was location which I suppose was
empty because it might have been for network printers,

Then third Option Was Device Url:
"hp:/usb/DeskJet_845C?serial=TH187179S9SX" This was all OK BUT

Next thing I found there was PRINTER MODEL Written as HP-Deskjet
845-C FOOMATIC. This "foomatic" thing placed me in doubt and

2- When I went to System-------->Preferences----->Hplip Toolbox....
there is a Tab "Tools" and third option in that Tab is "VIEW DEVICE
INFORMATION" Its a long list of Device Stats and problems even it
tells you the ink status and health of cartridge if you can read
and understand carefully.

In this option I found out My Printer Model was Written as HP-DESKJET-845c- CUPS and Model Detail was HP 845-cvr

So My Printer was not Foomatic Kind it was a CUPS Kind.

Therefore I then Go Back to In System---------> Administration--------> Printing and in SETTINGS TAB I Changed the Third Option i.e. HP DeskJet 845-C Foomatic to HP DeskJet 845C - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2

Then I Set My Printer as Default here and Go back to Hplip and Set The Current Printer as Default Again, and Run the "Allign Cartridges" Option Under Tools Tab (Which you can say was Printer Calibration your Printer's Case)

I Printed the Test Page and Its Working Fine Now.

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Rising Sun (salikqureshi) said :
#3

I have also posted this detail on: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5307399#post5307399
If it does not show the said thread you may have to register free and access tha, I am not sure if its necessary or not as I am a Ubuntu User just 4 Days Old maself :) Anyone can visit it at http://ubuntuforums.org

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Rising Sun (salikqureshi) said :
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Sorry for the Post Repeated! It was by mistake