Re: [hpoj-devel] HPOJ 700

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Erick Calder wrote:
> first, thanks so very much to everyone who has contributed to the HPOJ
> project... I spent about a month in total frustration with these drivers a
> year+ ago and finally gave up on the project. this time my install went very
> smoothly.  I lot of work has been done since to make it easier for us little
> folk.  thank you, thank you.
Hi, Erick.  Thanks for giving us another chance.  :-)  I'm glad you find 0.7
to be an improvement.

> I've set up the drivers for my HP OfficeJet 700 and configured the
> Ghostscript filter as though it were an HP Deskjet 550C (as per the
> instructions)... I can print to it and it all works fine.
> 
> I've also set up Samba so I can print from my NT4.0 laptop so I see the
> printer shared on the Samba server... however when I click on it and it asks
> me to set it up, I need to install the drivers locally... my question then
> is: do I install the HP Officejet drivers OR the Deskjet drivers?
> 
> and how do I do this since HP only seems to make their drivers available
> through their bloody HP Manager executable thingy and not via a .inf?
Since all you'll be able to do is print in a networked situation like this,
you should be able to get away with a DeskJet driver.  The hard part is
figuring out which one.  The most optimal one would actually be in the
DeskJet 600 series, but offhand I'm not sure which one's printing engine
is the closest to the OfficeJet 700's.  If all else fails you could just
install the OfficeJet driver.  Once it's installed it should add the
OfficeJet 700 into your installed driver list, and you can just select that
without needing to locate a .inf file.

David