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From: Couriousous <cou...@ma...> - 2007-03-25 14:05:09
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Hi Aaron <ke7ezt <at> gmail.com> writes: > Tim,HPLIP (as you are aware) does not support the M1005. You can find a list of supported MFP printers here:http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/color_laser_mfp.html > We are exploring options for supporting the M1005 in the future, but currently have no timeline for the supported.Sorry for the inconvenience.Aaron > I understand that hplip doesn't currently support the M1005 as it seem to be a new product with nothing is common with a "standard HP printer", so it's not a simple usb PID/VID addition in a database. But could HP release the documentation to build a scanner driver ? I don't think there is a lot of IP in a scanner, especially when almost every other HP products have Opensource drivers (btw, I have buy the HP M1005 because of HP active opensource support). I have already some knowledge in USB programming (I've written an userspace linux "usblp" printer driver), so if HP give the doc, it should not be that hard to build a sane backend. I cannot reverse-engineer the driver since I only have a Win98 license and the HP windows driver want XP, so I cannot dump the USB stream. Maybe I should contact someone else at HP ? if so, it would be kind to give me his/her e-mail. Regards, Couriousous |