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