1. I am using Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 2. My printer is a HP Photosmart C6280 3. out put of 'hp-check -t' 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 luke-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Distribution: ubuntu 9.04 HPOJ running? No, HPOJ is not running (OK). Checking Python version... OK, version 2.6.2 installed Checking PyQt 4.x version... OK, version 4.4.4 installed. Checking for CUPS... Status: scheduler is running 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... 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 aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd 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: ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module.... 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 these commands: sudo modprobe ppdev sudo cp -f /etc/modules /etc/modules.hplip echo ppdev | sudo tee -a /etc/modules 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... 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 python2.5-dev 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 3.9.2 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/ppd/hpijs/HP ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs 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 foomatic-drv-install=yes foomatic-ppd-install=no foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no internal-tag=3.9.2.49 restricted-build=no ui-toolkit=qt4 qt3=no qt4=yes Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file: [last_used] printer_name = Photosmart_C6280_Network device_uri = hp:/net/Photosmart_C6200_series?ip=192.168.1.65 [installation] version = 3.9.2.49 date_time = 04/20/09 18:15:37 ------------------------------- | DISCOVERED PARALLEL DEVICES | ------------------------------- No devices found. error: 'ppdev' kernel module not loaded. -------------------------- | DISCOVERED USB DEVICES | -------------------------- No devices found. --------------------------------- | INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES | --------------------------------- Photosmart_C6280_Network ------------------------ Type: Printer Installed in HPLIP?: Yes, using the hp: CUPS backend. Device URI: hp:/net/Photosmart_C6200_series?ip=192.168.1.65 PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Photosmart_C6280_Network.ppd PPD Description: HP PS c6200 Series hpijs, hpijs 3.9.2 Printer status: printer Photosmart_C6280_Network is idle. enabled since Sun 12 Apr 2009 19:52:12 BST Communication status: Good Photosmart_C6280_USB -------------------- Type: Printer Installed in HPLIP?: Yes, using the hp: CUPS backend. Device URI: hp:/usb/Photosmart_C6200_series?serial=MY7C7H53R60506 PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Photosmart_C6280_USB.ppd PPD Description: HP Photosmart c6200 Series hpijs, 3.9.2 Printer status: printer Photosmart_C6280_USB is idle. enabled since Sun 19 Apr 2009 11:24:02 BST error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/usb/Photosmart_C6200_series?serial=MY7C7H53R60506 error: Device not found ---------------------- | 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'... device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname HP Webcam virtual device device `hpaio:/net/Photosmart_C6200_series?ip=192.168.1.65' is a Hewlett-Packard Photosmart_C6200_series all-in-one --------------------- | 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 0x171d at 007:002: warning: Device URI: (Makeuri FAILED) Device node: /dev/bus/usb/007/002 Mode: 0664 getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: dev/bus/usb/007/002 # owner: root # group: root user::rw- group::rw- other::r-- ----------- | SUMMARY | ----------- error: 13 errors and/or warnings. Summary of needed commands to run to satisfy missing dependencies: sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd 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 modprobe ppdev sudo cp -f /etc/modules /etc/modules.hplip echo ppdev | sudo tee -a /etc/modules sudo aptitude install --assume-yes python2.5-dev sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libsane-dev Please refer to the installation instructions at: http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html 4. My printer has a photo tray which I use to print on 6x4 record cards. When I the information to print with the correct paper size and orientation the printer draws the paper in on the right where it should be. How ever the head goes and starts printing on the left. 5.Create a 6"x4" open office document insert the text or image that you want to print. Send it to print on a 6"x4" card/photo and select from photo tray. The printer draws the paper in and starts to print except the paper is on the right and the printer head printing on the left of the printer. I was able to print correctly in version 2.8.7 which I had in ubuntu 8.10. I would quite happily install an older version but so far every way i try it doesn't work. (It is claimed that i don't have the right dependencies installed which synaptic package manager says I have. I hope that I have provided enough information for you, please let me know if I can be of any assistance.