Re: [hpoj-devel] PSC 2355

[Joe P. <joe...@sn...>]

On Friday 14 January 2005 01:52, Cory Meisch wrote:
> So, the answer is kind of mixed depending on how you look at the
> question. Inherently, no there aren't any missing support for the USB
> MFP devices in the driver. However, in the models.xml file there were
> some missing entries, which I have readded. There will be another
> release soon with the missing entries added.
>
> Cory
> hplip team
>
> On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 08:48 +0100, Thomas Rother wrote:
> > Hi Cory,
> > maybe you missed this, but we need some clarification on this question
> > from Till:
> >
> > Till Kamppeter schrieb:
> > >Cory, David, are there still HP MF devices not supported by HPLIP yet?
> > >Is HPOJ still needed in the distros?

On the hpinkjet "supported devices" page, several multifunction devices have 
"Yes" in the "Parallel" column, but according to the installation notes, 
HPLIP doesn't support parallel-connected devices ("Note: The HP printing 
software supports only USB and network connections. Parallel connections are 
not supported.").

If hplip won't support parallel connections, hpoj will still be needed for 
all-in-ones that have only a parallel connection. I don't know how many of 
them are still in use, but my parallel-only OfficeJet 600 just recently died 
after eight years in what I think is a normal home desktop situation.

It would be nice if hplip could support parallel devices. That it does not 
(yet?) creates extra work (stop hpoj, start hplip, etc.) for users who have a 
parallel-only all-in-one connected to their desktop pc (using hpoj), but also 
want to print/scan to a networked device (using hplip). 

-- 
Joe Piolunek