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Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7 <at> gmx.de> writes: |
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> > cups + hplip is pretty robust. |
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> Mostly because I want a minimal system. I have cups already which KDE can |
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> use, I don’t need (or want) another tool that does the same job and that |
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> has a lot of GUI stuff that my printer doesn’t support anyway (scanners > |
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and such). |
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hey, I run LXDE, and as folks know, I am a minimalist, despite have |
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several machines with 8 core, 32 gigs of ram..... |
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So you have compiled these before, with a minimum of flags activated? |
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The know the number of flags, the smaller the binaries..... (as you know). |
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> Furthermore, it installs a tool which I don’t need and pollutes my tray |
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> and which has no off-switch. Tries to deactivate it in the past had not |
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> succeeded (as I said, non-technical reasons). |
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Ah, kde frustration? Been there, left that constant_change environment. |
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Personally, I would not use kde as part of my printing solution. Cups + |
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hplip work fine without kde involvement. |
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> Also, with every update it wants to download the proprietary plugin anew |
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> (which I had trouble with in the past b/c I did offline updates) or else |
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> no printo worko. |
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OK, so mask the offending codes? |
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> Lastly, this plugin installation doesn’t work if system python was not |
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> version 2, so every time I had to eselect python 2, install hplip, and |
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> switch back again. |
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Weird. I have python 3.3 set and it is fine? Ok, set hplip to use the latest |
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(stable) version of python 2.x only. |
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> You may certainly call me backward minded, but it worked in the past[TM] |
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> without hplip, and I would like that again. |
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Frank, I would not call you this. I enjoy running minimal systems too. |
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Did you have a ppd file setup via cups? (/etc/cups/ppd) YOu mave have a copy |
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of the old ppd config file in the cups/ppd dir? |
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There are a myriad of ways to set up printing. It is your choice. If you |
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go with somethhing nobody knows about, your most likely will be 'alone', imho. |
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What is your computer-printer interface? (usb/eth/par/ser/rf)? |
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Do have sys-apps/hwids installed? |
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With hplip, I only set these flags: X hpcups libnotify, but my printer is |
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ethernet. |
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On a side note, you may want to try lxqt-0.8.0 in a few weeks, when it |
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is released..... |
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James |
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