Stephen Liu wrote:
To run "lprng+hpijs" I need to install addtional packages including
devel packages. I have no idea whether there will be any conflict on
BLFS 6.1.
I've been looking for a good place to jump into this discussion, but
I've lost the thread of the thread. I can't tell whether or not you've
been successful getting your printer to work.
I went through this situation with my HP PhotoSmart printer. I learned
that hpijs is now contained in hplip. I think that you can get only
hpijs if you need it, but your printer is probably supported in hplip.
I'm not sure of all the capabilities of a deskjet, but hplip is designed
to support HP's multi-dimensional machines--printer, fax, copier,
scanner. I wanted to used it since my printer has a card reader.
I didn't post my adventure here since many of the dependencies for hplip
are not included in BLFS, e.g.; foomatic. (BTW I have used mainly BLFS
6.1.) Using the README's and install documentation of each dependency,
I built and installed them all. I haven't run into any conflicts. I
also need to mention that I use CUPS. I also use libusb, but I think (
I can't prove this) that foomatic, CUPS and the rest depend on a device
in /dev right now. I'm too chicken to try just libusb.
I did encounter two situations on the hplip install. I think you
mentioned that you use KDE. My install failed because the install
script looks for the files to place icons on the desktop. I use fluxbox
and either don't know where those directories are or I can't put icons
on my fluxbox desktop. At any rate, I had to "hack" the install script
to eliminate installation of these icons.
The second situation may be pertinent to BLFS. Hplip wants to put its
start-up scripts in /etc/init.d. Of course, in BLFS, we have only
/etc/rc.d/init.d. Based on your level of purism, you can, if you
encounter this, make /etc/init.d a link to /etc/rc.d/init.d or you can
hack the install script appropriately.
After I figured this all out, things work great.
Good luck.
Dan
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