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From: Daniel Pielmeier <billie@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:24:32
Message-Id: 4BA28BDD.2050502@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro by James
1 James schrieb am 18.03.2010 14:37:
2
3 > So I cannot find an explicit listing for this new model HP printer:
4 > "OfficeJet Pro 8500"; so I'm using this driver:
5 > HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C.
6
7 According to http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html
8 your printer is supported sine hplip 3.9.2, so there should be a driver.
9
10 New versions of hplip do not install ppd files for every printer they support
11 anymore. The ppd file is generated at run time by using hp-setup.
12
13 > eix hplip
14 > * net-print/hplip
15 > Available versions: 2.8.6b ~3.9.8-r3 3.9.12-r1 ~3.10.2 {cupsddk dbus doc
16 > fax gtk +hpcups hpijs libnotify minimal -new-hpcups parport policykit ppds qt4
17 > scanner snmp static-ppds -udev-acl}
18
19 About the hplip use flags
20
21 > cupsddk
22
23 Not relevant as it has been removed in recent versions of hplip. With newer
24 versions of cups you wont need cupsddk as it has been integrated into cups.
25
26 > hpcups
27
28 Is the new printer driver which replaces the hpijs driver.
29
30 > hpijs
31
32 See above.
33
34 > new-hpcups
35
36 You don't need it.
37
38 > static-ppds
39
40 It seems for some printers the new method of creating the ppd file is not
41 available. So if you have problems with installing your printer by using
42 hp-setup you should try installing hplip with the static-ppds flag and try
43 hp-setup again.
44
45 > So hplip and cups work together? I thought is was one
46 > or the other?
47 >
48 >
49 > You use the hpcups flag and not the new-hpcups flag?
50
51 Hplip needs cups!
52
53 > I could not help but notice the avahi and zeroconf flags. I do not
54 > see them. Do I have to install mono-zeroconf and avahi to see those
55 > flags?
56 >
57 > Do you find them useful? What applications are using avahi/zeroconf ?
58
59 You don't need avahi or zeroconf for hplip, which does not work for current
60 versions of hplip due to bugs in cups anyway. This is only needed if you have a
61 networked printer. You can still detect the printer without the mDNS
62 (avahi,zeroconf) method through SLP. You should be able to select the detection
63 method at run time with hp-setup.
64
65 --
66 Daniel Pielmeier

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Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>