Re: [hpoj-devel] PSC 2355

[Cory M. <cor...@hp...>]

On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 02:19 +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 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
> 
	We have come to that conclusion as well. We are making parallel support
a top priority.

Cory
hplip team

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