[hpoj-devel] Success with G85

[Allen B. <ba...@lo...>]

I installed 0.8 of the OfficeJet drivers per the very detailed
instructions in the README files and have successfully scanned from, and
printed to, a G85 connected through its USB port.

This is my first scanner and color printer so I've got a couple of
newbie questions, if you don't mind.

It takes a relatively long time (~4.5 minutes) to scan at 600 dpi. The
head moves a little bit forward, then backs up a couple of times, then
goes a little bit further. Is this normal behavior? (Lower resolutions,
even 300 dpi, seem to zip right through). (Also, what's the best tool to
look at a 107Mb TIFF file :-)

The RedHat printtool test page shows the red hat logo and a set of
sample colors. The red in the "red hat" is a reasonably bright, however
the red in the sample color bar is much too dark. I guess this is a
gamma problem, but why would the two reds look so different? Presumably,
the red in the logo is from a PostScript bitmap and the red in the color
sample is just a filled rectangle. Is one gamma correction going to
affect both?

Finally, what does MLC stand for?

Many, many thanks to David for making this available.

Allen