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From: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:12:59
Message-Id: loom.20100318T170516-59@post.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro by James
1 James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes:
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4 > Maybe some printer wiz will figure out how to just
5 > edit the /etc/cups/printers.conf file directly....
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8 Well, I hate to keep answering my own posts....
9 surely one of the more astute admins will jump in?
10 (and keep me from looking.....foolish?)
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12 So continuing to research this I find some new-2-me flags
13 on gentoo:
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15 eix hplip
16 * net-print/hplip
17 Available versions: 2.8.6b ~3.9.8-r3 3.9.12-r1 ~3.10.2 {cupsddk dbus doc
18 fax gtk +hpcups hpijs libnotify minimal -new-hpcups parport policykit ppds qt4
19 scanner snmp static-ppds -udev-acl}
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21 eix -e cups
22 [I] net-print/cups
23 Available versions: 1.3.11-r1!t (~)1.3.11-r2!t (~)1.4.2-r1!t {X acl avahi
24 dbus debug gnutls java (+)jpeg kerberos ldap linguas_da linguas_de linguas_en
25 linguas_es linguas_et linguas_eu linguas_fi linguas_fr linguas_he linguas_id
26 linguas_it linguas_ja linguas_ko linguas_nl linguas_no linguas_pl linguas_pt
27 linguas_pt_BR linguas_ru linguas_sv linguas_zh linguas_zh_TW pam perl php (+)png
28 ppds python samba slp (+)ssl static (+)tiff xinetd zeroconf}
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30 ef (explain flag) is a little script from Ciaran...
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32 ef cupsddk
33 Add support for net-print/cupsddk which enables dynamic PPD files (recommended)
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35 ef hpcups
36 Build the hpcups driver for cups (by HP)
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38 ef new-hpcups
39 Build the new hpcups driver for cups which is no longer based on APDK (by HP)
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42 Sooooo, my question is has anyone any knowledge of these flags
43 and with cups (/etc/cups/ppd/*driver*)
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45 ???
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48 James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>