Re: hplip: hp-check error in line 630 since last update

2024-07-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:55:55 +0200 Daniel Schröter wrote: Hello Daniel, >thanks for this information. Sounds more then similar ;-) :-) Thought so. I implemented the fix here, and can confirm hplip is up and running again. Good luck. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{das

Re: hplip: hp-check error in line 630 since last update

2024-07-17 Thread Daniel Schröter
Hello Brad, thanks for this information. Sounds more then similar ;-) I'm going to close my bug report Bye

Re: hplip: hp-check error in line 630 since last update

2024-07-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:01:30 +0200 Daniel Schröter wrote: Hello Daniel, > >I opened a bug report but didn't get an answer. >https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076210 > >Someone has a workaround? See; https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1075760 Which is very simil

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-24 Thread Erwan David
Le 24/02/2023 à 18:41, Brian a écrit : On Fri 24 Feb 2023 at 18:25:24 +0100, Erwan David wrote: Le 24/02/2023 à 17:45, Brian a écrit : On Wed 22 Feb 2023 at 17:49:13 +0100, Erwan David wrote: Hi, hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/passw

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-24 Thread Erwan David
Le 24/02/2023 à 17:45, Brian a écrit : On Wed 22 Feb 2023 at 17:49:13 +0100, Erwan David wrote: Hi, hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType     distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name)   

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-24 Thread Erwan David
Le 22/02/2023 à 18:46, Celejar a écrit : On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:49:13 +0100 Erwan David wrote: Hi, hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType     distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name)    

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:49:13 +0100 Erwan David wrote: Hello Erwan, >I opend a bug for a missing dependency, but do someone know of a >workaround ? Further to Celejar's response, I can confirm that editing password.py as suggested in the bug report he mentions, does indeed work. -- Regards

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-22 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:49:13 +0100 Erwan David wrote: > Hi, > > hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with > >   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType >     distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name) >   ^^^ > Name

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-10 Thread Markus Schönhaber
06.03.20, 10:33 CET Markus Schönhaber: > 04.03.20, 14:44 CET Brad Rogers: > >> Is anybody else having issues with hplip 3.20.0? > There might be an upstream issue with hplip 3.20. According to this comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1866291/comments/6 to the bug report, hplip 3.20.3

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 13:01:39 - (UTC) Curt wrote: Hello Curt, >https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/65697 >The above might be related (Andreas thinks so anyway). Certainly bears a striking similarity. I'll add the info to the Debian bug report. Thanks for the info, Curt. -- Regards _

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-06 Thread Curt
On 2020-03-06, Brad Rogers wrote: > >>I'm on Arch and since the upgrade of hplip to 3.20.2 I was unable to >>print. My MFP 377dw spit out multiple pages - some blank, some showing a >>line or two of gibberish - when trying to print something. > Different symptoms from the one I experience (nothin

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 10:33:56 +0100 Markus Schönhaber wrote: Hello Markus, >There might be an upstream issue with hplip 3.20. At the time I searched, I saw no mention of problems. That was several days ago now, and I confess to not having searched again since. >I'm on Arch and since the upgrade

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-06 Thread Markus Schönhaber
04.03.20, 14:44 CET Brad Rogers: > Is anybody else having issues with hplip 3.20.0? There might be an upstream issue with hplip 3.20. I'm on Arch and since the upgrade of hplip to 3.20.2 I was unable to print. My MFP 377dw spit out multiple pages - some blank, some showing a line or two of gibber

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 17:59:34 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >> >I can think of no other troubleshooting to do, although I suppose you >> >could backup /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp and replace it with the 3.19.12 >> Just tried that, and still nothing printed. Reverted the change. >Further confirma

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brian
On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 04:45:32PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 15:28:00 + > Brian wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > >I can think of no other troubleshooting to do, although I suppose you > >could backup /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp and replace it with the 3.19.12 > >one. > > Just t

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Klaus Singvogel
Brad Rogers wrote: > The reason for Brian patiently walking me through some diagnostics is > because he's involved with the dev team. At least I think he is. Either > way, he clearly knows his stuff, and managed to demotrate that; > > a) the printer is fine > b) cabling is good > c) networking i

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 12:05:50 -0500 songbird wrote: Hello songbird, >just on the off-chance, have you completely removed/purged >cups and related packages as much as possible and then >reinstalled from scratch again? No, I haven't. Frankly, it makes me feel weak to even think about doing so. I

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread songbird
Brad Rogers wrote: ... just on the off-chance, have you completely removed/purged cups and related packages as much as possible and then reinstalled from scratch again? i know this sort of thing isn't really often the kind of way to figure out what is going on, but sometimes it just fixes what

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 15:28:00 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >I can think of no other troubleshooting to do, although I suppose you >could backup /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp and replace it with the 3.19.12 >one. Just tried that, and still nothing printed. Reverted the change. >This URI should giv

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brian
On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 12:38:12PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 12:23:02 + > Brian wrote: > > device for Officejet_6700: hp:/net/Officejet_6700?ip=192.168.1.53 I see nothing wrong with this URI, so, until we know better, I'll take it that the bug is in the hp backend. I ca

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 12:23:02 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >That looks like a failure in the backend, doesn't it? The outputs of the Err, I'll say "yes"? :-) >two commands asked for, please. My apologies. lpstat -t; scheduler is running system default destination: Officejet_6700 device

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brian
On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 11:45:29AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 11:26:43 + > Brian wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > > lp -d XXX -o raw out.dat > > Output on the command line is; > > request id is Officejet_6700-14179 (1 file(s)) > > However, although the printer receives som

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 11:26:43 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, > lp -d XXX -o raw out.dat Output on the command line is; request id is Officejet_6700-14179 (1 file(s)) However, although the printer receives something (the control panel illuminates) nothing is printed. Looking at the jobs list

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-05 Thread Brian
On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 07:19:43AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 23:19:47 + > > Okay, substituting 9100 as the port number, the contents of > /etc/nsswitch.conf were printed. This eliminates the ethernet cable and the printer part of the issue. The remaining component of the

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 23:19:47 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >My fault entirely. The port number is 9100, not 631. I always make a >slip up along the way with things like this :). I am assuming the device We're all human. Mistakes happen. Not a problem. Okay, substituting 9100 as the port num

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-04 Thread Brian
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 08:59:06PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 19:58:52 + > Brian wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > >nc YOUR_PRINTER'S_IP_ADDRESS 631 < out.dat > > Results in the following being output to the command line; > > HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request > Connection: close > Ser

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 19:58:52 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >nc YOUR_PRINTER'S_IP_ADDRESS 631 < out.dat Results in the following being output to the command line; HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request Connection: close Server: HP HTTP Server; HP Officejet 6700 - CN583A; Serial Number: CN33RBQHFG05RQ; Marga

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 07:37:19PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 19:24:02 + > > The printer is connected via an ethernet cable to a switch, which is in > turn connected to the router/modem. The computer is connected to the > router/modem via ethernet. > > Again, thank you fo

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 19:24:02 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >Would you confirm (or otherwise) that the computer you are printing from >is USB-connected to the printer? I should have imported the other subthread to here. :-) The printer is connected via an ethernet cable to a switch, which is

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian Potkin
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 06:53:10PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 17:12:00 + > Brian wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > >isn't quite what I meant by having the printer on the network. I assume > >the printer is USB-connected to the server. Strictly speaking, it is the > > The print

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 07:24:02PM +, Brian wrote: > > Would you confirm (or otherwise) that the computer you are printing from > is USB-connected to the printer? Forget about that. Got your other post. -- Brian.

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 06:57:02PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 16:29:11 + > Brian wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > >It's useful in that it shows a fully functioning filtering system for > >3.19.12, but a log for 3.20.2 is what is really required. > > Attached is the output for

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 17:12:00 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >isn't quite what I meant by having the printer on the network. I assume >the printer is USB-connected to the server. Strictly speaking, it is the The printer is connected via ethernet, rather than USB. >For a useful output, wireless

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 16:29:11 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >It's useful in that it shows a fully functioning filtering system for >3.19.12, but a log for 3.20.2 is what is really required. Attached is the output for when 3.20.2 is installed. AFAICS, the only differences are the order in which

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 04:23:16PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 16:08:38 + > > Hello Brian, Hello Brad, > > avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp > > Output is in the attached file to avoid (hopefully) horrendous word wrap > issues. The output is from the DNS-SD broadcasts made by

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Brad Rogers (2020-03-04 16:04:07) > On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:47:45 +0100 > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > >Thanks for clarifying. Yes, the two bugs filed today relates only to > > I was too wrapped up in details to see the blindingly obvious > > >unstable, and your explicitly omitting d

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 04:13:05PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 15:51:18 + > a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: > > Hello a...@cityscape.co.uk, > > >Execute (as root): > >cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/XXX.ppd -m printer/foo -e > >/etc/nsswitch.conf > out.dat 2>log > > I'll point out

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 15:51:18 + a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: Hello a...@cityscape.co.uk, >Execute (as root): >cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/XXX.ppd -m printer/foo -e >/etc/nsswitch.conf > out.dat 2>log I'll point out that this is with the 3.19.12 (i.e. things working) version of hplip installed,

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 16:08:38 + Brian wrote: Hello Brian, > avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp Output is in the attached file to avoid (hopefully) horrendous word wrap issues. > avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp Results in no output. However, about 1 second passes before the command prompt reappears,

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 03:40:57PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > > The printer is an OfficeJet 6700 Premium (an all in one device). Thanks. With the 6700 on the network provide what you get for avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp and avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils p

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread ad44
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 03:04:07PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:47:45 +0100 > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Should I still go ahead and file a report? > > >Thanks for bringing it up here first. > > I prefer to ask around first, just in case I'm doing something wrong. > DD's

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 15:27:12 + Brian Potkin wrote: Hello Brian, >There are none. The hplip package simply ceases to be a recommends of >other packages. Thanks for the info. >> Should I be removing hplip, for example? >No. Perhaps. It depends on what your printer model is. It is traditiona

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brian Potkin
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 02:18:47PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:03:04 -0500 > The Wanderer wrote: > > Hello The, > > >I wonder whether this might therefore be the result of a change in cups, > >rather than in hplip. > > Thanks for the pointer. Frankly, I have no idea what

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:47:45 +0100 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Hello Jonas, >Thanks for clarifying. Yes, the two bugs filed today relates only to I was too wrapped up in details to see the blindingly obvious >unstable, and your explicitly omitting details about suppressed >recommended packa

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Brad Rogers (2020-03-04 15:18:47) > On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:03:04 -0500 > The Wanderer wrote: > >I wonder whether this might therefore be the result of a change in > >cups, rather than in hplip. > > Thanks for the pointer. Frankly, I have no idea what the change in > CUPS means. That i

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Brad Rogers (2020-03-04 15:20:00) > On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:00:39 +0100 > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > >Please mention when you use testing/unstable. > I'm on testing, and there are no reports at Debian's hplip page. Nor > can I find reports at the HP hplip support site. Thanks for clarifyi

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:03:04 -0500 The Wanderer wrote: Hello The, >I wonder whether this might therefore be the result of a change in cups, >rather than in hplip. Thanks for the pointer. Frankly, I have no idea what the change in CUPS means. That is, what are the implications WRT to hplip? S

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:00:39 +0100 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Hello Jonas, >Please mention when you use testing/unstable. Of course. Stupid of me; I'm on testing, and there are no reports at Debian's hplip page. Nor can I find reports at the HP hplip support site. -- Regards _ / )

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-03-04 at 08:44, Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello All, > > Is anybody else having issues with hplip 3.20.0? The upgrade > resulted in me not being able to print anything. Jobs were, > apparently, being sent to the printer (its display panel lit up, to > indicate that there was something about

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.0 and can no longer print.

2020-03-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Brad, Quoting Brad Rogers (2020-03-04 14:44:55) > Is anybody else having issues with hplip 3.20.0? Please mention when you use testing/unstable. When you do use testing/unstable then please check yourself for reported bugs before asking here. Also, please mention if you have suppressed inst

Re: HPLIP - upgrade to 3.20.2 and can no longer print. (version corrected)

2020-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 13:44:55 + Brad Rogers wrote: Hello All, Mea Culpa - that should be version 3.20.2 All other details remain the same. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" Well well well, you just can't tell

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-07 Thread Doug
On 11/30/2016 09:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote: On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 20:34:03 -0500 Jape Person wrote: Hi. I'm getting ready to replace all of our old equipment that has been used for well over a decade in our home network. I decided to try to do everything with FOSS -- open source Luxul router

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-07 Thread Jape Person
On 12/07/2016 02:52 AM, Richard Hector wrote: On 07/12/16 14:42, Jape Person wrote: I'll never forget hearing someone trying to prop an early version of Netscape up by saying that it was a good browser *because* it failed on badly written pages. It shouldn't crash, of course, but I think the w

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-06 Thread Richard Hector
On 07/12/16 14:42, Jape Person wrote: > I'll never forget hearing someone trying to prop an early version of > Netscape up by saying that it was a good browser *because* it failed on > badly written pages. It shouldn't crash, of course, but I think the web would be a much nicer place if browsers j

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-06 Thread Jape Person
On 12/06/2016 06:50 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 06 December 2016 02:51:33 Jape Person wrote: Yes, I know I can tell some browsers to give me light text on a dark background, but that never works as well as the control I have in my mail client. Out of interest, which do you use? I need a

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 06 December 2016 02:51:33 Jape Person wrote: > Yes, I know I can tell some browsers to give me light text on a dark > background, but that never works as well as the control I have in my > mail client. Out of interest, which do you use? I need a backup, for when the bit-rot on the one

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 12/05/2016 07:06 PM, Jape Person wrote: On 12/05/2016 06:35 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 12/03/2016 12:36 PM, Jape Person wrote: On 12/03/2016 03:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: Hi, I'm re

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-05 Thread Jape Person
On 12/05/2016 06:35 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 12/03/2016 12:36 PM, Jape Person wrote: On 12/03/2016 03:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread be

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-05 Thread Jape Person
On 12/04/2016 01:50 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 16:14:45 -0500, Jape Person wrote: On 11/19/2016 02:47 PM, Brian wrote: You have this one definite requirement and will have to firm up what else you definitely want. I'll mention the HP OfficeJet Pro 8720 All-in-One Printer. It is re

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-05 Thread Jape Person
On 12/04/2016 09:55 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, December 04, 2016 06:50:17 AM Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 20:14:21 Jape Person wrote: I have a horrible time reading this stuff through a browser interface. Yes, sorry. :-( I have a horrible time with archives be

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 12/03/2016 12:36 PM, Jape Person wrote: On 12/03/2016 03:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of the corner of my eye --

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 16:14:45 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 11/19/2016 02:47 PM, Brian wrote: > > > >You have this one definite requirement and will have to firm up what > >else you definitely want. I'll mention the HP OfficeJet Pro 8720 > >All-in-One Printer. It is relatively inexpensive, deals

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 December 2016 14:55:10 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, December 04, 2016 06:50:17 AM Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 03 December 2016 20:14:21 Jape Person wrote: > > > I > > > have a horrible time reading this stuff through a browser interface. > > > > Yes, sorry. :-( I have

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-04 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, December 04, 2016 06:50:17 AM Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 03 December 2016 20:14:21 Jape Person wrote: > > I > > have a horrible time reading this stuff through a browser interface. > > Yes, sorry. :-( I have a horrible time with archives being illegible in > browsers - but I thoug

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 03 December 2016 20:14:21 Jape Person wrote: > I > have a horrible time reading this stuff through a browser interface. Yes, sorry. :-( I have a horrible time with archives being illegible in browsers - but I thought that that was a problem restricted to the partially sighted: the

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Jape Person
On 12/03/2016 07:32 PM, Fred wrote: On 12/03/2016 01:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of the corner of my eye -- that t

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Fred
On 12/03/2016 01:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Jape Person
On 12/03/2016 03:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Brian
On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of > > the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the thread. > > > > Unfortu

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Jape Person
On 12/03/2016 02:20 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the thread. Unfortunately, a) I use POP3 and download a

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote: > Hi, > > I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of > the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the thread. > > Unfortunately, a) I use POP3 and download all my mail immediately from > the s

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Dec 2016 at 18:38:12 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 11/30/2016 10:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote:

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Jape Person
Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the thread. Unfortunately, a) I use POP3 and download all my mail immediately from the server, b) my neighbor's Maine Coon cat, Mr. Potay-Toes, just vis

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Dec 2016 at 18:38:12 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 11/30/2016 10:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote: > > >If you want you could try the Bother brand, there Linux support is > >getting good from what I've read. > > Yes, I settled for a Brother MFC (MFC9340CDW) which is listed on > openprintin

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-02 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 12/02/2016 04:14 PM, Jape Person wrote: On 12/02/2016 06:25 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, December 03, 2016 12:19:09 AM Doug wrote: On 11/30/2016 09:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote: Beware of HP inkjets, HP recently had to change the code so that people could install ink cartridges

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-02 Thread Jape Person
On 12/02/2016 06:25 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, December 03, 2016 12:19:09 AM Doug wrote: On 11/30/2016 09:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote: Beware of HP inkjets, HP recently had to change the code so that people could install ink cartridges that were not HP's and no, refilling the ol

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-02 Thread Jape Person
On 11/30/2016 10:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote: On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 20:34:03 -0500 Jape Person wrote: Hi. I'm getting ready to replace all of our old equipment that has been used for well over a decade in our home network. I decided to try to do everything with FOSS -- open source Luxul router,

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-02 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, December 03, 2016 12:19:09 AM Doug wrote: > On 11/30/2016 09:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote: > > Beware of HP inkjets, HP recently had to change the code so that people > > could install ink cartridges that were not HP's and no, refilling the old > > ones did not work. So everyone had to

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-02 Thread Doug
On 11/30/2016 09:57 AM, do...@mail.com wrote: On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 20:34:03 -0500 Jape Person wrote: Hi. I'm getting ready to replace all of our old equipment that has been used for well over a decade in our home network. I decided to try to do everything with FOSS -- open source Luxul router

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 20:09:10 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 13:21:23 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > > > On 11/19/2016 11:31 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > >On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: > > >>>I'd like to know that, too. I need a new home color printer, my > > >>>10-y

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 23 Nov 2016 at 12:59:05 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:21:21AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > > On 21/11/16 08:52, Brian wrote: > > > Considering HP say they do not offer Linux support directly, you are > > > doing well. > > > > Comments like this (those from H

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 23 November 2016 06:59:05 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:21:21AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > > On 21/11/16 08:52, Brian wrote: > > > Considering HP say they do not offer Linux support directly, you > > > are doing well. > > > > Comments like this (those from H

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-23 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:21:21AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > On 21/11/16 08:52, Brian wrote: > > Considering HP say they do not offer Linux support directly, you are > > doing well. > > Comments like this (those from HP and other vendors, not thi

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-23 Thread Richard Hector
On 21/11/16 08:52, Brian wrote: > Considering HP say they do not offer Linux support directly, you are > doing well. Comments like this (those from HP and other vendors, not this one from Brian) bug me. I don't want HP to support Linux; I want printers to use open, published (by them or anyone el

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 19 November 2016 18:02:24 Jape Person wrote: > For my "new" printer, maybe I should just find a > way to put that old LaserJet directly on the network. Install CUPS, client and server, on all the machines on your network, attach the printer to one of the machines (a dedicated printer

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-20 Thread James P. Wallen
On 11/20/2016 02:52 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 16:38:20 -0500, Jape Person wrote: On 11/19/2016 03:09 PM, Brian wrote: Sorry to be awkward, but what does "it's" refer to? Uh, I'm the awkward one here. That's why I'm asking for help. Not at all. I've learned a thing or two f

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-20 Thread Jape Person
My apologies. Accidentally replied using another e-mail address from our business. I'm resending from the proper account, jap...@comcast.net. On 11/20/2016 02:52 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 16:38:20 -0500, Jape Person wrote: On 11/19/2016 03:09 PM, Brian wrote: Sorry to be awkwa

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-20 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 16:38:20 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 11/19/2016 03:09 PM, Brian wrote: > > > >Sorry to be awkward, but what does "it's" refer to? > > > > Uh, I'm the awkward one here. That's why I'm asking for help. Not at all. I've learned a thing or two from this thread. For example,

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Jape Person
On 11/19/2016 03:09 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 13:21:23 -0500, Jape Person wrote: On 11/19/2016 11:31 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: I'd like to know that, too. I need a new home color printer, my 10-year-old HP PhotoSmart (blobless) MFP

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Jape Person
On 11/19/2016 02:47 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 13:16:57 -0500, Jape Person wrote: On 11/19/2016 10:55 AM, Brian wrote: Why is it important for the printer to be blobless? Look at it this way: A printer is choc-a-bloc full of firmware. None of this firmware is accessible to a user

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 13:21:23 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 11/19/2016 11:31 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > >On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: > >>>I'd like to know that, too. I need a new home color printer, my > >>>10-year-old HP PhotoSmart (blobless) MFP has finally broken down and

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 13:16:57 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 11/19/2016 10:55 AM, Brian wrote: > > > >Why is it important for the printer to be blobless? Look at it this way: > > > >A printer is choc-a-bloc full of firmware. None of this firmware is > >accessible to a user, even if something like

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Jape Person
On 11/19/2016 11:31 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: I'd like to know that, too. I need a new home color printer, my 10-year-old HP PhotoSmart (blobless) MFP has finally broken down and good second-hand parts are not easy to find in Brazil :-( Why is it

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Jape Person
On 11/19/2016 10:55 AM, Brian wrote: It was sub-thread of another thread. Starts here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/10/msg01016.html Thanks. I think I get the idea, but I'll read that to see if I can get myself educated a little better. Why is it important for the printer t

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Jape Person
On 11/19/2016 09:30 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Jape Person wrote: What about hplip? Doesn't inclusion of the hp-setup program in hplip sort of violate the spirit of having only FOSS in the main repository when executing No, it doesn't violate the spirit. HPLIP

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Jape Person
On 11/19/2016 06:48 AM, Brian wrote: You've probably seen http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/combined.html so can match up your requirement with what is on the market from HP. It does appear to be limited but your choice could be widened by including inkjet printers in the

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 18:04:17 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 03:55:52PM +, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > Why is it important for the printer to be blobless? Look at it this way: > > Horses for courses :-) > > If the printer wants to be bought by me, being blobless

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 14:31:49 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: > > > I'd like to know that, too. I need a new home color printer, my > > > 10-year-old HP PhotoSmart (blobless) MFP has finally broken down and > > > good second-hand parts are not easy t

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 03:55:52PM +, Brian wrote: [...] > Why is it important for the printer to be blobless? Look at it this way: Horses for courses :-) If the printer wants to be bought by me, being blobless would greatly improve its chances

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-11-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: > > I'd like to know that, too. I need a new home color printer, my > > 10-year-old HP PhotoSmart (blobless) MFP has finally broken down and > > good second-hand parts are not easy to find in Brazil :-( > > Why is it important for the printer to be blobless? Look

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