Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
(I sent this 24 hours ago but it hasn't appeared, so I'm sending it again.) On Friday 19 March 2010 05:20:47 Philip Webb wrote: > Well, I replaced 'hpijs' with 'hpcups' & my printer wouldn't work, > so I restored 'hpijs' & dropped 'hpcups' & all was ok. I considered doing the same for my DJ4260, but I chickened out as I've only just managed to get it working at all after months of struggling, culminating with a complete reinstallation of the server it's connected to. It stays exactly as it is pro tem: [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.3.11-r1 USE="X acl dbus jpeg pam perl php png python ssl tiff -avahi -gnutls -java -kerberos -ldap -ppds -samba -slp -static -xinetd -zeroconf" [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-3.9.12-r1 USE="hpcups hpijs libnotify - doc -fax -gtk -minimal -new-hpcups -parport -policykit -qt4 -scanner - snmp -static-ppds -udev-acl" 0 kB -- Rgds Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
Philip Webb schrieb am 19.03.2010 06:20: > 100318 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >>> hpcups >> Is the new printer driver which replaces the hpijs driver. >>> hpijs >> See above. > > Well, I replaced 'hpijs' with 'hpcups' & my printer wouldn't work, > so I restored 'hpijs' & dropped 'hpcups' & all was ok. > It's an ancient Deskjet 500C with the b+w '500' driver. > Installed versions: Cups-1.3.11-r1 Hplip-3.9.12-r1 (both stable). > > Any comments or helpful suggestions ? > As you sad it is a very old model and already reached "End of support" [1] state. Hpcups is the new driver and I guess such old models are not supported by the new driver. Just use the hpijs driver then. The hpijs driver wont disappear from hplip in the near future. [1] http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/deskjet/deskjet_500c.html -- Daniel Pielmeier signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
On Friday 19 March 2010 05:20:47 Philip Webb wrote: > Well, I replaced 'hpijs' with 'hpcups' & my printer wouldn't work, > so I restored 'hpijs' & dropped 'hpcups' & all was ok. I considered doing the same for my DJ4260, but I chickened out as I've only just managed to get it working at all after months of struggling, culminating with a complete reinstallation of the server it's connected to. It stays exactly as it is pro tem: [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.3.11-r1 USE="X acl dbus jpeg pam perl php png python ssl tiff -avahi -gnutls -java -kerberos -ldap -ppds -samba -slp -static -xinetd -zeroconf" [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-3.9.12-r1 USE="hpcups hpijs libnotify - doc -fax -gtk -minimal -new-hpcups -parport -policykit -qt4 -scanner - snmp -static-ppds -udev-acl" 0 kB -- Rgds Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
100318 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >> hpcups > Is the new printer driver which replaces the hpijs driver. >> hpijs > See above. Well, I replaced 'hpijs' with 'hpcups' & my printer wouldn't work, so I restored 'hpijs' & dropped 'hpcups' & all was ok. It's an ancient Deskjet 500C with the b+w '500' driver. Installed versions: Cups-1.3.11-r1 Hplip-3.9.12-r1 (both stable). Any comments or helpful suggestions ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
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.
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Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
James wrote: Hello, I've successfully set up many printers, using cups and HPLIP before. I prefer to use CUPS. 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. Everything works, admin from localhost:631 for CUPS; HP printer admin from the embedded web server (very cool). It has a multitude of settings, but no duplex setting. I'm trying to avoid using the HP disc on an XP system for admin... The HP literature clearly states this is a duplex printer. I can copy both sides of a letter size document to a single page, just using the menu on the printer. So I can see that it duplexes. So I'm concluding (for now) that the problem is the CUPS (best/closest I could choose) driver does not support Duplex printing. Does anyone know of an HP OfficeJet driver that supports duplex printing? I have not been successful in finding a CUPS drivers specifically for this printer: HP OfficeJet Pro (A909g) and I really do not want to use HPLIP. CUPS-1.4.2-r1 is installed. Any suggestions are most welcome. James http://opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=400875#400875 About the third one down. Maybe that will help. Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro
Hello, I've successfully set up many printers, using cups and HPLIP before. I prefer to use CUPS. 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. Everything works, admin from localhost:631 for CUPS; HP printer admin from the embedded web server (very cool). It has a multitude of settings, but no duplex setting. I'm trying to avoid using the HP disc on an XP system for admin... The HP literature clearly states this is a duplex printer. I can copy both sides of a letter size document to a single page, just using the menu on the printer. So I can see that it duplexes. So I'm concluding (for now) that the problem is the CUPS (best/closest I could choose) driver does not support Duplex printing. Does anyone know of an HP OfficeJet driver that supports duplex printing? I have not been successful in finding a CUPS drivers specifically for this printer: HP OfficeJet Pro (A909g) and I really do not want to use HPLIP. CUPS-1.4.2-r1 is installed. Any suggestions are most welcome. James
