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HP printers firmware uploader
Someone suggested to re-post this here as a request for community add-on. Several inexpensive (=very common) laser printers from HP do not have firmware on board, these include HP LaserJet 1000, 10...
super-poussin wrote: you need to compile it on sparc so it will require all this dependencies
I think you're quite wrong there, because I just printed the test page from Windows on a Laserjet 1005.
What I did (from a clean ReadyNAS Duo):
1. Install EnableRootSSH
2. Copy the firmware sihp1005.dl (from a Ubuntu box I've been using) to my c-drive.
3. Log in to the NAS using SSH
4. Copy the firmware to /dev/usb/lp0.
cat /CC/sihp1005.dl > /dev/usb/lp0
5. If OK, the printer starts up, LED blinks and then settles down after a second. If not, powercycle the printer and repeat #4.
6. Print the test page from Windows.
You can't print directly from the NAS (unless you install the rasterizing software), but you can print from computers that have the proper drivers installed.
What I and penguinny needs is a way to automatically upload the firmware when the printer comes online.
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