Tim,
HPLIP (as you are aware) does not support the M1005. You can find a list of
supported MFP printers here:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/color_laser_mfp.html
We are exploring options for supporting the M1005 in the future, but
currently have no timeline for the supported.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Aaron
On 3/22/07, Libra Aries Books <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Picture this. My wife and I have decided to buy a multi-function printer
for our tiny business. We've looked at a few models, and set our hearts
on the M1005, which is available locally at a very good price. "Are you
sure it will work with Linux?" she asks me. "Oh yes", I reply: "HP are
very good at supporting Linux".
Two days later, a sadder & wiser man, I have a beautiful new printer. I
have a photocopier. But I don't have a scanner.
I need a scanner. Heck, I thought I'd just gone and bought a scanner...
so how come I *still* don't have a scanner?
(Speaking of printing: Huge thanks to Rick Richardson for developing
foo2xqx. If I hadn't been able to get the printing half of the MFP
working in a few minutes, I would have already given up and returned it.)
Now, as for the scanner half, how hard can it be? The MFP is a USB
device: sane & hpiod seem to have no trouble recognising that there's a
scanner there and retrieving model information from it. Seems to me
there are three possible levels of complexity.
1. hpiod already knows how to talk to the scanner, and I just need to
cook up the right models.dat entry.
2. This scanner uses a protocol that hpiod doesn't know about, but could
be taught. I'm happy to write some code, but would need a little bit of
high-level help: for example if HP could release a description of the
protocol. (I don't have the time or resources to reverse engineer it.)
3. This scanner uses a protocol that hpiod can't be taught about,
because it involves Microsoft-proprietary code, or some such nonsense.
Can anybody say?
All information gratefully received - I really need to know very soon
whether or not to return this beast to the shop. (Recommendations for
cheap, compact MFPs that do work with Linux also appreciated!)
Thanks,
Tim.
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