I had to test a HP photosmart 2575 printer.
I was not so happy with USB and not yet able to configure the wifi,
then I tried ethernet..
I have no DHCP on my net, so I configured the printer from it's own
panel for a fixed IP.
I don't really understand the use of gateway and DNS for a printer
interface, and don't like it so much, but for a small test, no harm.
from there on, the printer web server was up and running, accessible
without problem from the IP.
There I could see the printer name (HP062964) and the mac adress.
I was not able to configure it with Yast... not detected and I didn't
know anything of the printer card config (the doc i "set the cd in the
computer and say OK"... for an XP computer, more later)
but the hp-tools (system/monitor, why are they there and not in
config??) found the printer and setup cups on the fly
At a moment, stuck on a printing, I could see the IPP report:
ipp://<localhost>:631/printer/Photosmart_2570
but the scanner was not seen by hp-tools... need Yast to install the
scan, after that all goes well... nearly.
some apps are desperatly slow as of printing. I see this in seamonkey
2.0 (alpha, needless to say), but also on kooka. scanning an document
and trying to print immediatly after with kooka gives 1/2 hour
waiting, 25Mo printing file for a 45ko jpeg file... and no option get
better (75 dpi scan).
the very same file is printed bearly instantly by the hp-tools...
Having installed this same printer on XP (with the HP disk), I could
see that the port was "hp standard TCP/IP port" and details said "9100".
I know this was an option in yast, but one must think to give the IP
in place of the name and it's not detected
jdd
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