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

[Jens L. <jen...@go...>]

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