[hpoj-devel] Re: HP OfficeJet G85 and PLC5

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

Jens Lehmann wrote:
> 
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 
>>Jens Lehmann wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Currently I use hpoj 0.91 on Debian 3.1 and have no printing problems
>>>except the one described above. (I know that there is hplip, but as long
>>>as the printserver does not work I still use the parallel port.)
>>
>>
>>HPOJ is not supported any more by HP and by most distributions. Please
>>upgrade to HPLIP from your distro or from http://hpinkjet.sf.net/  If
>>your problem still persists after completely removing HPOJ and setting
>>up HPLIP, please post here.
> 
> 
> I upgraded to HPLIP. I was able to succesfully set up my printer if I
> connect it by USB cable with my PC. Of course the problem I described
> persists. If I understand correctly I somehow need to update the
> firmware of the printer to make it PCL5 capable. Is this possible? And
> if yes: how can it be done?
> 
> Jens
> 
> 

I do not know about a firmware update to PCL5 for any HP inkjet. Print
servers do not need such a thing AFAIK. If you have a printer driver
which makes the printer printing on USB, the same driver will make it
printing through a print server.

To make the extra functions of HPLIP (scanning, ink level check, ...)
working via an external print server, you will probably need an original
HP JetDirect box.

   Till