Re: [hpoj-devel] Congratulations!

[David P. <pa...@rc...>]

Gregory Allan wrote:
> I'd like to offer my congratulations to the people on this list 
> who've worked so hard on these HP drivers.
> 
> I've followed this list for quite awhile, but never had the time to 
> install the drivers for my 1150C.  Yesterday, I installed Mandrake 
> 8.2, and was both shocked and pleased that Mandrake's install routine 
> identified my 1150C and automatically set up both printing and 
> scanning.
Hi, Gregory.  Thanks for your comments.  I'm glad you like it.

> I did my first ever scan within Linux (in gimp) a few minutes later.  
> It was a color picture, and it came out beautifully.  I also noticed 
> that the scanner interface was more powerful than the Windows version 
> which came with the device, offering many more options.
Note that some of the options the SANE "hp" backend gives you don't
actually do anything on the OfficeJets, due to its legacy of supporting
SCSI-connected ScanJet scanners.  The next hpoj version in the works will
have a new "hpoj" SANE backend that is designed specifically for the
products supported by the hpoj project.

> I don't know how much Mandrake contributed to the auto-setup, but I 
> know the drivers are thanks to you folks.  Thanks again.
Till Kamppeter at Mandrake worked wonders on the auto-detection and setup
integrated in Mandrake-8.2, because hpoj-0.8 isn't very good at that sort
of thing.  :-)  The next hpoj version will be much smoother in that regard.

David