Joe Piolunek wrote:
> According to complaints coming from Linux spokespeople, HP is holding back on
> information or releasing it too slowly. Is there any comment you can make on
> this, David?
Hi, Joe. The DeskJet driver is coming from a different division from the one
I work in, but I have been in contact with the project manager for that and
they are working on it, as the aforementioned Open Letter response suggests.
Sometimes information that is being "held back" isn't released because it
belongs to third parties who don't want it released, so there isn't much
that can be done, as is the case for a certain pair of unsupportable
LaserJet all-in-ones. That's about all I can say on the matter (and I speak
for myself, not for HP).
> > (Dean Hoover)
> > > I could not get the wrapfilter change to do anything,
> > > so I left it out for now. I am attaching copies of my
> > > /etc/printcap, gamma.ps, filter, and wrapfilter files.
>
> Try setting up the hpoj driver only after you have your system printing in an
> acceptable fashon. It isn't necessary for printing, and won't improve the
> quality.
Although it's not necessary to print through ieee12844_print, it is helpful
to be able to print and scan using the same kernel drivers. Also,
ieee12844_print wraps the job in some PJL commands that tell the printer
where the job begins and ends. This should fix the "blinking light syndrome"
at the end of the print job. I didn't think of this the other day. The
"addpjl" command in the "scripts" directory does the same thing.
> > wrapfilter:
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > QUEUEDIR=/var/spool/lpd/HPofficejet
> > > IEEE12844DIR=/usr/local/bin
> > > ${QUEUEDIR}/filter "$@" | ${IEEE12844DIR}/ieee12844_print
> > >
> > > --------------26DB7C4A1E222CA8AFA30D40--
>
> I don't understand what the line immediately above is for.
Sorry. I missed that when I was removing the junk added by MIME.
David
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