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From: Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS problem
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:26:07
Message-Id: 4781B7B8.1090709@bellsouth.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS problem by Randy Barlow
1 Randy Barlow wrote:
2 > Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> They recently changed it over to hplip. Is that installed on your system?
5 >>
6 >
7 > Sorry to steal the thread a bit, but should hplip show up as an option
8 > for the driver to your printer? Because I still see hpijs as the
9 > printer driver even though I have the hplip package.
10 >
11 >
12
13 On my system hpijs was a blocker if I recall correctly. I read
14 somewhere that hpijs was no longer being maintained and that hplip was
15 the "new thing" to use. Not sure why tho.
16
17 Also may be worth noting that hplip used to be a service that was
18 started as well. /etc/init.d/hplip start used to work. The latest
19 update got rid of the service and I guess it just runs when it is needed.
20
21 Dale
22
23 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS problem Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com>