On 02/23/2010 06:23 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking around in vain for info on why some apps (Open Office
apps for instance) see printers while other apps (Evolution and
Firefox for instance) do not. Apps that don't work seem to offer print
to file and print to LPR. On the other hand Open Office provides only
the obscenely ugly CUPS printer name
"HP_LaserJet_M1522nf_MFP_192.168.1.5".
Ugly? I think it's quite fetching, really. Are you sure you're a real
computer nerd?
I have an HP LaserJet 3015 that works with everything in my gnome DE,
but IIRC I struggled until I discovered the net-print/hplip package,
which is the opensource driver supplied by HP. It does everything
including faxing, printing, and high-res color scanning all from my
HP multi-function printer.
Does your dad's machine have that package installed and configured?
