Re: [hpoj-devel] PSC 2355

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

Joe Piolunek wrote:
> 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). 
> 

Cory, I think dropping parallel port support is a bad idea.

As printing maintainer of the Mandrakelinux distribution I also wish 
that HPLIP replaces HPOJ COMPLETELY, so that I can take HPOJ from the 
distro as soon as possible. I want to avoid having unmaintained software 
in the distro and there should also not be two packages fulfilling the 
same purpose. Also printerdrake gets big an cluttered if it has to take 
into account so many different methods of printer setup.

I also want to let HP's print-only devices print through HPLIP, so that 
one can use the inkjet maintenance functions of the toolbox. Nozzle 
cleaning and ink level checking would get very expensive if one has to 
by an HP JetDirect box for ones parallel printers.

We cannot declare the parallel port as obsolete. Many of our customers 
still have parallel-port HP inkjet or multi-function printers.

    Till