How do I Install the HP Laserjet P1005 under Debian Lenny?

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I recently purchased an HP Laserjet P1005 because it is about the best deal on the market for a fast personal laser printer. I am used to installing printers with little difficulty using

http://localhost:631

(This is the CUPS web interface).

When I plugged this printer in it was detected (checked dmesg and /var/log/syslog) and CUPS could see it as well. However, when I printed a test page, the job appeared, but never printed. I suspected bad hardware, but installed printer on a Windows system and (sigh) it worked just fine once I downloaded the driver from HP web-site. Where did I go wrong?

Answer 1

0	Thanks for the good HOWTO link answered 15 Dec '10, 23:21 Oliver 1 accept rate: 0%

Answer 2

1	Great job. I have one of these printers as well and it gave me a lot of problems. Thanks. link answered 13 May '10, 13:34 Wilson 31●2 accept rate: 0%

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