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

[Johannes M. <js...@su...>]

Hello,

On Apr 21 10:19 Till Kamppeter wrote (shortened):
> If you have a printer driver which makes the printer printing on USB,
> the same driver will make it printing through a print server.

Provided that the particular printer also works without
bidirectional communication.
I don't know if the OfficeJet G85 works even without
bidirectional communication.

> 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.

This is an interesting question.

It should work with an original HP built-in network card for exactly
the particular model (something which HP sometimes calls "LIO")
if the model is listed as "Network(1): Yes" at
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/inkjet_aio.html
which reads:
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Network support indicates built-in ethernet and/or wireless networking. 
Alternatively, many devices may be operated on the network using an
external JetDirect print server. Not all network configurations are
supported. Please refer to the HPLIP FAQs for more information. 
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and
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/faqs.html
reads
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Question: Does HPLIP support networked printers?
Answer: Yes, HPLIP supports printers that are directly network
connected (via a built-in Ethernet port) or connected to a network
via a JetDirect. Printers that are shared via a Windows share and
SAMBA are not supported (you can, however, print to devices shared
with SAMBA using CUPS, the smb: backend and HPIJS). Printers that
are shared via CUPS from another Linux PC on a network are supported
by HPIJS (but not HPLIP). Status information for printers shared in 
this way is not available. 
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but I don't find an explicite statement regarding "scanning"
via built-in HP ethernet port or via HP JetDirect printserver box
or via any non-HP printserver box.

I don't know, if a USB-only HP all-in-one device would work
via any kind of external printserver box.

I would appreciate some info from HP regarding printers and
all-in-one devices with external non-JetDirect print server boxes
and some information which exact devices do not belong to the class
of "many devices may be operated on the network using an external
JetDirect print server".


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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