CUPS, HP PSC 2355 and "Unable to get list of printer drivers

[dencker]

Hey fellow ALARMers!

The Introduction
The other day, I installed ArchLinux for the ARM processor on my GoFlex Home. Straight away I installed samba, got it set up and everything works like a charm with explosive transfer-rates compared to the old factory-firmware. Also put on a mysql server to centralize my xbmc database and pyload to download large files without having to have my laptop opened all the time. Have to admit, this Arch Linux is a glorious world!

The Setup
Well, after this positive input, now comes my problem. I wanted to share our printer on our LAN, so I did a little search to quickly find CUPS. Installed it together with all the dependencies, like foomatic, python (which was installed as pyload uses it) and all that stuff.
Changed the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to listen on 0.0.0.0 and started the daemon.. Woohoo! Turned on the printer, opened the web interface, went to administration -> add printer and selected one of the printers available from this list:

Local printers
CUPS-PDF (Virtual PDF Printer)
HP PSC 2350 series USB MY5BNF4423KJ HPLIP (HP PSC 2350 series)
Seriel port #1
HP PSC 2350 series (HP PSC 2350 series)
HP Fax (HPLIP)
Before I proceed, I want to say that I have tried the following with both of the PSC-entries.

The Problem
Now, i selected the printer and just let the default values be, pressed continue and got this error message:
"Unable to get list of printer drivers: Unknown"
Well, googled it a bit and tried to blacklist lsusb, as well as chmod /dev/bus/usb/001/002 to 665 (even 777). Still the same error message. Also tried to install the printer with hp-setup -i which let me pick a ppd myself; didn't work either. Gave me an error message saying that it was unable to add the printer to cups. I have run out of options, and the almighty sir Google wont give me any solutions other than those which I have tried.

Now, this could have been a hplip problem, but... I even get this error message when I try to add cups-pdf (which I also installed oc).



Kind regards,
Rasmus Dencker

[andre]

I ran into a simular problem. This problem seems to be caused by the foomatic drivers.
Removing the foomatic and hplip (hplip depends on foomatic, and using gutenprint in stead
solved the problem for me. However I am using a HP Deskjet 895C printer, and looking at
the driver list, I do not see the PSC2355 listed. Perhaps it is compatible with another
printer from the PSC series which is supported by the gutenprint drivers.