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Installation of a Linux Driver for HP OFFICEJET 4215

I installed Suse LInux 9.1 on a Compaq Presario s5200nx with windows xp also present on disk as well as Compaq recovery partition. I am really new at Linux but I want to get my feet wet insofar as finding, downloading, and installing a driver for my HP OFFICEJET 4215. I would like to know how to execute a program in LInux since I don't know that either. Also, CUPS is only for enterprise servers ? and I should use lprd?

beaker67

There is an "hpoj" driver for most OfficeJets under Linux. It is included with SuSE, and might already be installed as well. Plug in your OfficeJet, go into YaST ---> Hardware ---> Printers, and see if it recognizes it.

beaker67

Also, CUPS is good on any computer - I am new to Linux myself, but I believe CUPS is the replacement for lprd.

beaker67

And a bit more...

Can't really give more details right now because I need to be going to work, but take a look at these sites for some more information...

http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/ - site for HP OfficeJet Linux driver
http://www.linuxprinting.org - site with information on - what else? - linux printing.

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I have tried the above solutions but what do you do when it says "CUPS daemon has died" and then no printing occurs.

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