help setting up a printer

[DFord425]

I have never set up a printer to my linux computer but i just got a new printer that has wireless. I went into system settings->printers and im using the add a printer wizard. I got to a list of HP models but i dont see the model i have. Is there anyway to update the list or is there another way to set it up? I have an HP Photosmart C7280

[echo314]

A quick search on google shows that one person solved this issue be installing the 'hpijs-ppds' package. Give that a try.

[tuxulin]

i think hp does support the c7200 series
the site is quite helpful too.
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/models/...00_series.html

good luck
Tuxulin

[DFord425]

Thanks for your help, im gonna go try it now

[DFord425]

I downloaded hplip-2.8.7.run to install the derivers and i run it in command line. When i do that, i get this error

Running 'sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes build-essential'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
error: Package install command failed with error code 100

. Does anyone know what that error is? I looked around the website http://hplip.sourceforge.net/models/...00_series.html which is where i got the file to install it. Has anyone else had this problem?

[alienexplorers]

Run:

sudo apt-get install libsnmp-dev

Then re-run the installer..and it should work.

[DFord425]

I ran that and got this error:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

What does that error mean?

[panhandle]

What happens with CUPS?

[teeleef]

I think it means you already have another synaptic package manager running?


Teeleef

[bumanie]

I ran that and got this error:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

What does that error mean?

You have two administrative tools open together.