Hello, On Jan 24 00:16 Hermann Reif wrote (shortened): > we plan to buy the HP printer Photosmart D6160 new. > This device should be used with SUSE 10.0 and 10.2. > Please give us a short reply if this hardware is supported fully. > Are there any restrictions in using the printer?
I am afraid but a "short reply" is not possible because it is not so easy to answer such a question correctly. It is problematic to know what you mean with "fully supported". For example if there are buttons on the device to initiate a scan or even send it via e-mail, those buttons are usually not supported (no scanning program or e-mail program on the computer would be started when you push such a button) but a button to make a local copy on the device usually works. It is problematic to know what you mean with "any restrictions". For example you cannot access HPLIP via network which runs on the computer to which the device is connected to. E.g. you cannot check the ink levels via network - except you log in via network (e.g. using "ssh -X") on the computer where HPLIP runs and launch hp-toolbox there. In the Suse Linux 10.0 box there is HPLIP version 0.9.4 and the Photosmart D6160 is not listed as supported scanner for this version (perhaps it works nevertheless but I don't know) but there is a PPD file for the "Photosmart D6100 series" which may work for the printing unit. Additionally another user (Emily Wilson) reported right now a problem with the PyQt version which is included in Suse Linux 10.0 box (according to his report it is 3.13.0 but the current HPLIP version 1.6.12 sems to require PyQt version 3.14 or greater so that the current HPLIP may not work at all on Suse Linux 10.0 (without a PyQt version upgrade which may cause whatever other unwanted side effects). openSUSE 10.2 has HPLIP 1.6.10 in the box where also no "Photosmart D series" is listed as supported scanner and there is also a PPD file for the "Photosmart D6100 series". But for openSUSE 10.2 I provide for testing HPLIP 1.6.12 (verion 1.7.1 will come soon) for 32-bit Intel compatible (i586) and for 64-bit AMD (x86_64) via the openSUSE build service at http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jsmeix/ The packages are * only for testing * without any guarantee or warranty * without any support As an extreme example, this means that if your complete computer center crashes because of these packages, it is only your problem. Nevertheless, we are very interested in your feedback because the more people test it, the more problems (even hidden problems) are revealed. To send us feedback or bug reports, please follow the instructions in http://en.opensuse.org/Submitting_Bug_Reports and make it obvious which package, which package version, which hardware architecture and which openSUSE version you are talking about - e.g.: "Feedback regarding hplip-1.6.12-11.1.i586.rpm and hplip-hpijs-1.6.12-11.1.i586.rpm from http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jsmeix/ for openSUSE factory used on 64-bit AMD hardware." Ideally provide the "rpm -q --changelog hplip | head" output to make it obvious which exact package release you have. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 90409 Nuernberg, Germany WWW: http://www.suse.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
