Re: [hpoj-devel] PSC 2355

[Till K. <til...@gm...>]

Cory, David, are there still HP MF devices not supported by HPLIP yet? 
Is HPOJ still needed in the distros?

    Till


Thomas Rother wrote:
> Till Kamppeter schrieb:
> 
>> HPLIP contains HPIJS, so the print filter is still HPIJS. But the 
>> texts still talking about HPOJ should really be updated.
>>  
>>
> Hi,
> I am a bit confused now: http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/productsmf.php 
> lists "HPIJS" as backend solution for the HP Officejet K80, but not 
> "HPLIP". For HPIJS, it shows "no" for USB/Network, and "no" for Service 
> and Fax.
> 
> By mistake, I first tried to use HPLIP for this printer, which didn't 
> work at all. Now I use the old-style HPOJ solution with USB connection 
> and manual installation of the ptal driver ("ptal init setup"). This 
> works for printing and scanning but there are no service functions, 
> except the small LCD display applet.
> 
> Can someone clear that up: 
> http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/hplip_readme.html states that HPLIP 
> shall be a successor/replacement for the HPOJ package. But, if so, why 
> doesn't it support printing through the USB connection for the K Series? 
> Maybe this type of printer and the USB connection will be supported in 
> later versions of HPLIP?
> 
> Bye, Thomas
>