Hello,

On Aug 19 07:05 Aaron wrote (shortened):
> If possible upgrade to the current hplip release.

HPLIP 1.6.7 packages built for Suse Linux 10.1
for 32-bit Intel compatible (i586) and for 64-bit AMD (x86_64)
are available for testing (and only for testing) at
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/jsmeix/unsupported/hplip/

There are incompatibilities with our official HPLIP
packages in Suse Linux 10.1.
Be prepared that your existing configuration may no longer work
with the new packages and/or that there may be no YaST support
for the new packages, see for example
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=184798

Note the "unsupported" and read the README:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/jsmeix/unsupported/hplip/10.1/RPMS/README


> It sounds like YaST
> configured the printer using the usb:// backend--for hplip to function
> correctly the printer needs to be configured using the hp:// backend.  YaST
> can sometimes not configure the printer correctly.

Have a look at
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Set_up_a_HP_OfficeJet_%28%22all-in-one%22_device%29
We prefer not to start services by default which are not really needed
but also have a look at
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=184798
and the related reports, in particular
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=175323
what we try to improve.

At the moment YaST uses a selfmade fixed built-in list of all-in-one
devices and for those devices the hplip services are started but see
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Set_up_a_HP_OfficeJet_%28%22all-in-one%22_device%29
about the problems with such lists.

A longer time ago I asked HP for an autodetection tool which works
stand-alone (i.e. without the running hplip daemons) and which can
distinguish a plain printer from an all-in-one device but I don't know
about such a tool.

At the moment all I know is to let YaST parse
/usr/share/hplip/data/xml/models.xml
to find out if it is a plain printer, a printer+scanner,
or if there is even a fax included, see
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=184798
but who guarantees that the syntax in models.xml will not
change in newer HPLIP versions and let YaST fail to parse it?

It would be better if we could run a stand-alone autodetection tool
which queries the device directly.
Perhaps /usr/sbin/hpiod could be run in a special non-daemon mode
to do only device autodetection?


> > ... I try to set
> > up my HP Photosmart 2575 for scanning under SuSE Linux 10.1 (OpenSuSE).
> > Setting up the printer with YAST was very straight and the printer works
> > fine. My distribution provides me with hplip version 0.9.7.
> > What I am absolutely missing is a HOWTO for setting up the scanner.

The YaST scanner configuration does not support network scanners.
Therefore you must set it up manually, see for example
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Configuring_Scanners_from_SUSE_LINUX_9.3


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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