On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 19:06 +0000, Terry Coles wrote: > I'm not sure who you spoke to at HP, but they didn't know much about Linux. > As Andrew has already said, Linux uses CUPS, but in addition, HP provide a > Linux add-in called 'HPLIP' > (http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html). > However, you DON'T need to download it from that site; I just provided that > for reference. Nearly all modern Distros include HPLIP in their > repositories, > so once you've got your installation up and running, go to the Package > Manager > and search for HPLIP. The rest is achieved with a few clicks and an entry of > your password.
As a matter of fact, the Fedora distribution goes one better than this: the recommended way to install the correct available printer driver is: 1. Plug in the printer and follow the instructions If a printer driver is available (as part of the distribution), you will be prompted to install it, and a queue for the printer will be created automatically. Tim. */
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