How do I get an HP Deskjet F4210 to work?

Update your cups :

sudo apt-get install cupsys cupsys-client

I updated cups but nothing changed.

Run this command it will perform a check on your dependences, read the log and (apt-get install ****** packages)

This command?

apt-get install ****** packages

Why so many stars?

Sorry that was not clear, I meant once you find out the missing dependences, install them replacing the stars with the missing dependecy.

e.g apt-get install cups (if cups is missing) is it clear now?

How can I find out which dependencies are missing?

Try the following, I know it runs on Fedora I am not sure on Ubuntu:

hp-check -t

hp-check -t ends with error message

error:  No system tray detected on this system.  Unable to start, exiting. 

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The driver install did not go well.

apt-get clean

apt-get update

Then re-install drivers again.

I installed it again. It printed the test page.
but the problem described in the question remains.

Time to get a moderator to reffer the question to Geniuses or extra attention.

OK, I will post it to the moderator. Thank you for your help.

You should use the cups GUI

Open a web browser

Enter the address

http://localhost:631

You need to find your printer in the add a printer option

When you open the web browser, you would find the following heading on the page

CUPS for Administrators
|
----------->Adding Printers and Classes
                           |
                           ---->  Printers ----------> Add Printer  (Try this first, if you don't get success, go to find new printer option)

Please try my solution above

I tried the cups GUI,

I can print the test page, but the problem still remains.

In the GUI, there is an option to make it ready.

If this is not the problem, please be more specific and show exact error messages, may be screen shots so that I can help you.

I printed a test page.

In the GUI -> Printers it has Status "Idle - "ready to print"" so that should mean that it is ready.

But lpq shows
Deskjet-F300-series is not ready

F300 is my own disconnected printer. Why it doesn't show the F4210 printer?

Try

enable <printerName>

Do:
enable destination

or
cupsenable destination

SO it should be,

enable Deskjet-F300-series

or

cupsenable Deskjet-F300-series

I need to enable F4210 printer, with F300 connected there was no problem.
I don't know how to find out the name of cupsenable parameter.

I'm sending the output of
$ sudo lsusb -v -s 002 > printer_information
printer-information

If it is just a matter of wrong default printer, you can easily make the printer of your choice default by issuing command

 

lpoptions -d <PRINTER_NAME>

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Where the PRINTER_NAME should be obtained and available in both of the first two commands given above.  

$ lpstat -p

printer Deskjet-F300-series disabled since Fri 25 Mar 2011 10:28:48 AM CET -
	Unplugged or turned off
printer Deskjet-F4200-series is idle.  enabled since Mon 04 Apr 2011 09:55:08 AM CEST
printer Deskjet_F4200 is idle.  enabled since Mon 04 Apr 2011 09:55:08 AM CEST
printer HP_Deskjet_F4200_series is idle.  enabled since Mon 04 Apr 2011 09:55:08 AM CEST

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$ lpstat -a

Deskjet-F300-series accepting requests since Fri 25 Mar 2011 10:28:48 AM CET
Deskjet-F4200-series accepting requests since Mon 04 Apr 2011 09:55:08 AM CEST
Deskjet_F4200 accepting requests since Mon 04 Apr 2011 09:55:08 AM CEST
HP_Deskjet_F4200_series accepting requests since Mon 04 Apr 2011 09:55:08 AM CEST

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$ lpstat -d
system default destination: Deskjet-F300-series

$ sudo lpoptions -d HP_Deskjet_F4200_series

auth-info-required=none copies=1 device-uri=hp:/usb/Deskjet_F4200_series?serial=CN8BD4G1XS05C3 finishings=3 job-hold-until=no-hold job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none marker-change-time=0 media=na_letter_8.5x11in number-up=1 printer-commands=none printer-info='HP Deskjet F4200 series' printer-is-accepting-jobs=true printer-is-shared=false printer-location printer-make-and-model='HP Deskjet f4200 Series, hpcups 3.11.3a' printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1301903708 printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=2134028 printer-uri-supported=ipp://localhost:631/printers/HP_Deskjet_F4200_series

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lpr scanned.pdf works now, but it prints very big text (approximately 20 times bigger).

Thank you

$ sudo lpoptions -o scaling=100 -p HP_Deskjet_F4200_series

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works perfectly.

That's interesting that in F300 printer there is not needed to set scaling.