[hpoj-devel] Looking into options....

[Christopher Y. <cy...@wc...>]

Hello everyone.

I'm looking into solutions for my wife's new business and since I only 
use Linux at home and work, I'm trying to only purchase and use 
Linux-friendly ones.

I was pleasantly surprised to find this project, so I first wanted to 
thank you guys for taking the initiative in supporting what appear to be 
some really good units (OfficeJet All In One devices).

I was curious what the current development projects are (what is being 
worked on beyond 0.7, which I pulled down code for).  I am looking at 
purchasing the HP OfficeJet G85 as my wife needs standalone faxing and 
copying.

Would this be a good choice?  It appears to have the most checks on the 
'supported devices' list.  I use CUPS as the print system, so I'm a 
little confused as to how that will work together, but I'm trying to 
work those things out in my head (don't wanna buy the device until I'm 
sure that I can make everything work to my wife's satisfaction ;) It is 
very important to me to purchase the best all-in-one device with good 
Linux support, so any advise on this would be much appreciated.

On another note, I really like the idea of a user-space daemon to 
control everything.  This would seem to provide the easiest way to get 
everything up and working.  Also, what would be the best way to 'browse' 
for a ptal-printd -based printer.  I'm asking this, before I would like 
to try making a CUPS backend for these units as well as trying to figure 
out the best PPD/CUPS filters for them.

I would really like to see more information regarding the use of cups 
(as well as the graphical tools, KUPS & qtcups) to configure them and print.

Keep up the good work.  Hope I can help (in some manner).

Chris

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Christopher M. Young,
SCSA, RHCE, MSCE, CCNA, CCA

PTC/GTC Systems Engineer,
World Commerce Online
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