Hello, On Jul 20 15:28 Paul van der Vlis wrote (shortened): > Johannes Meixner schreef: > > On Jul 18 09:34 Aaron wrote (shortened): > >> just because the printer has a parallel port doesn't mean we support > >> it. Which is the case with the LaserJet 2300. > > > > Then > > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/combined.html > > is not clear. In particular it is confusing compared with > > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/tech_docs/hpijs.html > > which explains why plain printing works for Paul van der Vlis. > > I don't understand what you mean with "plain printing". I did my tests > with the CUPS testpage, this is not just a simple text. > > > Please add a footnote for "Parallel" which explains what > > "Parallel Yes/No" actually means like for example: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Parallel No" means that even if the device may have a parallel port, > > HPLIP does not support it (in particular not for "Scan", "Photo", > > "Fax", "Copy", and "Services/Status"). > > Nevertheless plain printing using the HPIJS driver with the > > generic "parallel" CUPS backend may work, see > > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/tech_docs/hpijs.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
With "plain printing" I mean printing without any stuff like "Services/Status", "Copy", "Scan", "Photo", "Fax" or whatever else a modern printer or all-in-one device can do. With "plain printing" I do not mean printing plain text. By the way: >From the printing system's point of view the CUPS testpage is simpler to print than plain text. The reason is that the CUPS testpage is a perfect PostScript document which is in full compliance to the PostScript and DSC specifications so that there is no problem to process it by the filters of the printing system. In contrast plain text must be first converted to PostScript (by the CUPS texttops filter) but plain text is not as simple as it seems (except there are only printable 7-bit ASCII characters) e.g. plain text can appear in whatever langauage encoding but all what can be done is to guess the encoding or it can contain whatever funny control characters. For some details see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell "The Filter" and http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_Your_Own_Filters_to_Print_with_CUPS Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
