[sane-devel] improve HP scanner support information
I have just pulled the hpaio.desc file from hplip v 3.9.12. Unfortunately, this file does not give any information about the connection type or usb ID's, so users that search our form using those will not find the scanners. Those that search by name should show up. It would be nice if this could be provided occasionally by HP directly to us. allan On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Johannes Meixner jsmeix at suse.de wrote: Hello, At least the current HPLIP version 3.9.8 sources contain a scan/sane/hpaio.desc file which is - as far as I see - exactly what is needed. I think the only missing link is someone at HPLIP who actually sends their current up-to-date hpaio.desc file to the SANE project people. On Sep 17 15:03 m. allan noah wrote: we have such a link: http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-external.html#S-HPAIO If the hplip guys would make a .desc file for their backend, we would put it in our site, and it would show up in the search engine. The Epkowa guys do this. Perhaps you could ask hplip... allan On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, David Fourer dfourer at comcast.net wrote: Now that my HP scanner is working smoothly, I hope to get some information added to sane-project.org pages. ?Specifically, http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html HPLIP (hplipopensource.com) has scanner support for all HP multi-function scanner/printers such as HP Deskjet, HP Photosmart, and HP Laserjet. ?SANE has little support. SANE has support for HP Scanjet and all single-function scanners. ?HPLIP does not. There seems to be a division of labor here. HPLIP and SANE ?drivers integrate into Ubuntu and Xsane. ?They are both installed by default in Ubuntu--but I didn't know about the HPLIP drivers. ?I needed to go to the HPLIP site because I had a new printer/scanner, and needed the newest driver download. I notice that HPLIP has a link to SANE for single-function scanners. Can we get a link added to the SANE web site? David Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- The truth is an offense, but not a sin
[sane-devel] improve HP scanner support information
Hello, At least the current HPLIP version 3.9.8 sources contain a scan/sane/hpaio.desc file which is - as far as I see - exactly what is needed. I think the only missing link is someone at HPLIP who actually sends their current up-to-date hpaio.desc file to the SANE project people. On Sep 17 15:03 m. allan noah wrote: we have such a link: http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-external.html#S-HPAIO If the hplip guys would make a .desc file for their backend, we would put it in our site, and it would show up in the search engine. The Epkowa guys do this. Perhaps you could ask hplip... allan On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, David Fourer dfourer at comcast.net wrote: Now that my HP scanner is working smoothly, I hope to get some information added to sane-project.org pages. ?Specifically, http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html HPLIP (hplipopensource.com) has scanner support for all HP multi-function scanner/printers such as HP Deskjet, HP Photosmart, and HP Laserjet. ?SANE has little support. SANE has support for HP Scanjet and all single-function scanners. ?HPLIP does not. There seems to be a division of labor here. HPLIP and SANE ?drivers integrate into Ubuntu and Xsane. ?They are both installed by default in Ubuntu--but I didn't know about the HPLIP drivers. ?I needed to go to the HPLIP site because I had a new printer/scanner, and needed the newest driver download. I notice that HPLIP has a link to SANE for single-function scanners. Can we get a link added to the SANE web site? David Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex
[sane-devel] improve HP scanner support information
Allan, I see what you mean. My suggestion--for us end-user guys who are not programmers--would be to add the words Deskjet series, Photosmart series, and Laserjet series to the HP listings ordered by printer type (http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html). Then leave all the fields blank except the comment. Link to the downloads page -- hplipopensource.com -- This has all the user info, the download, and FAQ stuff. It's user-friendly. The notes under HPAIO link to the sourceforge page, and it's quite confusing to me. I'm just trying to help the next person who comes along. I got the help I needed and I want to make it easier for the next person. I hope this makes sense. m. allan noah wrote: we have such a link: http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-external.html#S-HPAIO If the hplip guys would make a .desc file for their backend, we would put it in our site, and it would show up in the search engine. The Epkowa guys do this. Perhaps you could ask hplip... allan
