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One thing I forgot to mention, the printer is a HP PSC 1300 series. It is an 'all in one' printer scanner copier printer. When I installed it I nstalled the driver for HP PSC 1300. There was no option which said 'all in one' although it did say this for some of the other printers.

Being brand new to linux, I do not have a clue what Linux Distro is or how to find out. I have clicked on both your links above and copied and pasted the results. I hope this helps. Home : Database : Printers : HP : PSC 1300 HP PSC 1300 Color inkjet printer, max. 1200x600 dpi, works Mostly Recommended driver: hpijs (Home page, view PPD, download PPD) Generic instructions for: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler Add a similar printer Edited Notes Very cheap entry level multi-function device. Printer/scanner/copier. Does not understand PCL as most other DeskJets/PSCs/OfficeJets, it uses the so-called "Lightweight Imaging Device Interface Language" (LIDIL), these printers are supported by the "hpijs" driver beginning from version 1.3. The driver supports resolutions only up to 600 dpi, head alignment settings stored in the printer are not made use of, so use a one-cartridge (CMY) printing mode in case of mis-alignments. For basic printing functionality use the HPIJS driver . For advanced functionality such as printer status, maintenance features, scanning and photo card unload use the HPLIP driver (which includes HPIJS). Copying works fine from the front panel. User Notes This printer driver works great with the PSC-1350 all in one. I have on and for some reason it is missing form my printer list the scaner is there but the printer is missing please hilp [Add/Edit User Notes] [Wikish History] Discussion forum Look for help in our forum for printers from HP and Apollo. Miscellaneous Printer does not support PJL. Refill: 1 colour (CMY) cartridge and 1 black (K) cartridge Known autodetection signatures: Parallel Port or USB. Drivers The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer: Recommended driver: hpijs (driver home page) HP's IJS driver for most of their non-PostScript printers Supplier: Hewlett-Packard (this printer's manufacturer) License: BSD (free software) User support: HPLIP support and bug tracking system (voluntary) Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Color output Type: IJS Text: Line art: |||||||||||||||||||| 90 |||||||||||||||||||| 90 Graphics: Photo: |||||||||||||||||||| 100 |||||||||||||||||||| 100 System load: Speed: Unknown |||||||||||||||||||| 70 Download: PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD ............and for the second link............ HP PSC 1300 Series Supported by HPLIP (requires HPLIP version 0.9.5 or later). Download HPLIP This information applies to these HP printer models: Model Name HP PSC 1300 HP PSC 1350 All-in-one HP PSC 1350v All-in-one HP PSC 1350xi All-in-one HP PSC 1355 All-in-one HP PSC 1340 All-in-one Summary of features available10: Feature Support10 Notes Automatic installer Depends on distro See table below for distro specific support. USB I/O Yes Network I/O No See note1 Parallel I/O No Scan to PC Yes See note3 Photo card access Yes If equiped, use USB mass storage for access. See note4 PC fax send No See note5 PC initiated copy No See note6 Services and status Yes See note7 Graphical user interfaces Depends on distro See table below for distro specific support. Print head alignment Yes Color calibration No Print head cleaning Yes Linefeed calibration No Print quality diagnostics No Summary of features available in various Linux distributions: Distro Version Installer GUI Scan3 Fax5 Status Photo Card4 USB Parallel Network1 Debian 2.2 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian 3.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian 3.1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian 4.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian 4.0r0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian 4.0r1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian 5.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian lenny Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian lenny/sid Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian stable Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Debian testing Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 1.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 2.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 3.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 4.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 5.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 5 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 5.92 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 6.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 6 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Distro Version Installer GUI Scan3 Fax5 Status Photo Card4 USB Parallel Network1 Fedora 7 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 7.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 8.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 8 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 9 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 9.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 10 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Fedora 10.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No gOS 8.04.1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No IGOS 1.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Linpus Linux 9.4 No No No No Yes No Yes No No Linpus Linux 9.5 No No No No Yes No Yes No No Linspire 5.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Linux Mint 5 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Linux Mint 6 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 9.1 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 9.2 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 10.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 10.1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 10.2 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Distro Version Installer GUI Scan3 Fax5 Status Photo Card4 USB Parallel Network1 Mandriva Linux 2006.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 2007.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 2007.1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 2008.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 2009.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mandriva Linux 2009 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mepis 6.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mepis 6.5 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mepis 7.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No PCLinuxOS 2006.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No PCLinuxOS 2006 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No PCLinuxOS 2007.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No PCLinuxOS 2007 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No PCLinuxOS 2008.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No PCLinuxOS 2008 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Red Hat 8.0 No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Red Hat 9.0 No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Distro Version Installer GUI Scan3 Fax5 Status Photo Card4 USB Parallel Network1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Slackware Linux 9.0 No No No No Yes No No No No Slackware Linux 9.1 No No No No Yes No No No No Slackware Linux 10.0 No No No No Yes No No No No Slackware Linux 10.1 No No No No Yes No No No No Slackware Linux 10.2 No No No No Yes No No No No Slackware Linux 11 No No No No Yes No No No No Slackware Linux 12 No No No No Yes No No No No Slackware Linux 12.1 No No No No Yes No No No No SUSE Linux 9.0 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 9.1 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 9.2 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 9.3 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 10 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 10.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 10.1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 10.2 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 10.3 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No SUSE Linux 11.0 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Ubuntu 5.04 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Distro Version Installer GUI Scan3 Fax5 Status Photo Card4 USB Parallel Network1 Ubuntu 5.1 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Ubuntu 6.06 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Ubuntu 6.10 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Ubuntu 7.04 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Ubuntu 7.10 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Ubuntu 8.04 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Ubuntu 8.10 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Other information: Item Description Notes Minimum HPLIP version for support 0.9.5 More recent versions will continue to have support. Driver plug-in None See note8 Requires firmware download No APDK device class(es): DJ3600 HPLIP device sub-class(es): Normal USB VID:PID 03f0:3b11 Embedded web server No HPLIP job storage No models.dat name psc_1300_series All information provided is believed to be accurate but is not guaranteed. Notes: 1 Network support indicates built-in ethernet and/or wireless networking. Alternatively, many devices may be operated on the network using an external JetDirect print server. Not all network configurations are supported. Please refer to the HPLIP FAQs for more information. 2 USB mass storage only. You may mount the photocard as a storage drive over USB only. Refer to your distribution's documentation for setup and usage instructions. 3 Scan supported means that PC initiated scan using a SANE compatible software application is supported over parallel, USB, or network (depending on I/O connection). Information on digital sending products is covered in note 9, below. 4 Photo supported means that the printer's photo card slots are readable using either USB mass storage (USB only) or hp-unload (USB, parallel or network). 5 Fax supported means that PC initiated fax send is supported using hp-sendfax, once an appropriate CUPS fax queue is set up. Fax support varies on Linux distributions, based on the availability of python-dbus version 0.80 or greater (versions before 0.80 will not work with HPLIP). Click on the model name of each printer to get more detailed information. 6 Copy supported means that PC initiated copying is supported using hp-makecopies. 7 "Services and status" means that ink/toner levels, error reporting, and services such as alignment, and color calibration are available (via the HP Device Manager aka Toolbox). 8 ("Required") A downloadable driver plug-in is required for printing support. ("Optional") A downloadable driver plug-in is optional for printing support and may increase the speed, quality, or other aspect of printed output. ("No") A driver plug-in is not required nor available. Driver plug-ins are released under a proprietary (non-open) license and are not part of the HPLIP tarball release. 9 Device supports digital sending, not standard scanning protocols. See this KB article for more info. 10 Feature support depends on the specific Linux distribution being used. ...............I have tried downloading the driver directly from the link which you provided just in case I had the wrong one but this did not correct the issue. I get the same results. Thanks for your assistance.

acer aspire one Model: ZG5

Looking at the table of supported features in your last post I see a clear NO for network in every row. That could mean that you can not run that device thru a network? who knows..