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James schrieb am 18.03.2010 14:37: |
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> So I cannot find an explicit listing for this new model HP printer: |
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> "OfficeJet Pro 8500"; so I'm using this driver: |
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> HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C. |
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According to http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html |
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your printer is supported sine hplip 3.9.2, so there should be a driver. |
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New versions of hplip do not install ppd files for every printer they support |
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anymore. The ppd file is generated at run time by using hp-setup. |
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> eix hplip |
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> * net-print/hplip |
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> Available versions: 2.8.6b ~3.9.8-r3 3.9.12-r1 ~3.10.2 {cupsddk dbus doc |
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> fax gtk +hpcups hpijs libnotify minimal -new-hpcups parport policykit ppds qt4 |
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> scanner snmp static-ppds -udev-acl} |
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About the hplip use flags |
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> cupsddk |
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Not relevant as it has been removed in recent versions of hplip. With newer |
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versions of cups you wont need cupsddk as it has been integrated into cups. |
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> hpcups |
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Is the new printer driver which replaces the hpijs driver. |
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> hpijs |
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See above. |
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> new-hpcups |
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You don't need it. |
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> static-ppds |
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It seems for some printers the new method of creating the ppd file is not |
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available. So if you have problems with installing your printer by using |
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hp-setup you should try installing hplip with the static-ppds flag and try |
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hp-setup again. |
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> So hplip and cups work together? I thought is was one |
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> or the other? |
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> You use the hpcups flag and not the new-hpcups flag? |
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Hplip needs cups! |
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> I could not help but notice the avahi and zeroconf flags. I do not |
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> see them. Do I have to install mono-zeroconf and avahi to see those |
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> flags? |
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> Do you find them useful? What applications are using avahi/zeroconf ? |
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You don't need avahi or zeroconf for hplip, which does not work for current |
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versions of hplip due to bugs in cups anyway. This is only needed if you have a |
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networked printer. You can still detect the printer without the mDNS |
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(avahi,zeroconf) method through SLP. You should be able to select the detection |
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method at run time with hp-setup. |
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Daniel Pielmeier |