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I am using ubuntu 16.04. I have HP Laserjet Professional p1108 printer. Whenever I tried to print like print a test page, it show task completed, but no paper printing.

Printer is on network with Window 7 PC, so I connected it through samba

Printer is on network with Window 7 PC, so I connected it through samba

After connecting it is print a test page, but printer goes on idle state.

printer is on idle state, stop printing

David Foerster
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    How is the printer connected? Have you added it to CUPS, via `http://localhost:631`? – waltinator Sep 23 '16 at 13:08
  • Printer is on network on Window 7 PC. I connected it through samba. – Prakash Jha Sep 26 '16 at 03:09
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    I added to CUPS but still its in idle State. Accpeting Jobs but not printing. – Prakash Jha Sep 26 '16 at 04:55
  • I have a 1020 (which I guess may be similar to the P1108, internally), and got it automatically detected and added to CUPS with Driver: HP LaserJet 1020 Foomatic/foo2zjs-z1 (recommended) (grayscale), Connection: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1020?serial=FZ02HVZ, and Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=one-sided. And also doesn't print. Just accepts the jobs, and silently "finish" them returning to Idle state. – Simón Jan 25 '17 at 12:53

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My HP LaserJet Pro MFP M125nw was stuck on Idle, and I solved it with the following steps: (If you have already installed the printer, skip to step 3.)

  1. installed the printer using the Printer program,

  2. installed with the Install button within that program,

  3. ran sudo gedit inside of the terminal,

  4. then printed a page.

In my case, the sudo print with this printer selected initiated the automatic driver installation program. The first attempt did not print for me, but works after the driver installed.

Hope this helps. -D

derHugo
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