I am glad to hear that you enjoy HPLIP, and that you would like this type of experience on other operating sytems. I have passed your observations on the OS-X software team.
The HPLIP team has no plans at this time to support HPLIP on OS-X. However, we recognize that the flexbility designed into HPLIP may make building and running on other Unix operating systems possible and perhaps even relatively easy. We are always interested in hearing how the open source community is using our software. Here are some notes I made getting HPLIP 0.9.9 to at least compile and install with OS-X using an Intel IMac which should still be valid for 0.9.11. ---- The next HPLIP release (0.9.9) will at least compile and install on Mac OS X 10.4.4. I did not test HPLIP on OS X, but this completes my goal for this HPLIP release. The Mac community can test HPLIP and provide us feedback. In order to get HPLIP to compile I had to stub out USB bulk_write/bulk_read calls since these calls do not go through libusb. This means the current HPLIP USB support will be limited to device discovery only. USB printing/scanning/hp-toolbox will not work. In theory all HPLIP JetDirect support should work. In order to get full HPLIP USB support working on the Mac the bulk_write/bulk_read calls need to be converted the Mac USB IOKit. Here some notes on how and what was tested. 1. Download install xcode to get the GNU tools. Get *.dmg at developer.apple.com/tools/xcode . Double click on dmg to install. 2. Download install darwinports a BSD rpm type tool. Don't bother with the dmg, do a tar ball install instead. 3. Get the latest autotools. "sudo port install autoconf", "sudo port install automake", "sudo port install", "sudo port install libtool", "sudo port install pkgconfig" 4. Get libusb. "sudo port install libusb" 5. Get libjpeg. "sudo port install jpeg" 6. Now the we can build and install with following commands. ./configure -prefix=/usr -disable-pp-build LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-/opt/local/include" make make install DESTDIR=/tmp/myhplip -dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Eric Nodwell > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:57 PM > To: hplip-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [HPLIP-Devel] request for hplip on OS-X > > > It would be fantastic if hplip could be compiled for OS-X. > There have been postings about this on the hplip in the past, > and the response has been that it's not needed because > there's a prefectly good HP driver for OS-X. Well, the HP > all-in-one OS-X driver still sucks - it crashes, can't be > used with fast user switching, can't be scripted, and has a > generally abhorrent interface. But don't take my word for > it. Here's an article, "The Sad State of Sucky Scanning > Software on Mac OS X" : > > http://homepage.mac.com/simx/technonova/C1766861589/E20060208033106/ > > Yup, he's got an HP multifunction and he's not too happy with > it in OS-X. I never met anyone who was. hplip on the the > hand is great, I've got a LaserJet 3030 plugged into a Linux > box, and the nearby Macs can scan fantastically via SANE over > the network. It would be great however if I could plug an HP > multifunction right into a Mac when there's no Linux box > conveniently nearby. OS-X seems to have already all the > dependencies to compile hplip - I didn't have success > however, and I don't have the time at the moment to delve into this. > > It seems like the effort required to officially support hplip > on OS-X would be minimal, while the payoff would be a lot of > very happy people. > > Thanks, > Eric > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? Get stuff done quickly with > pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download > IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=k&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > HPLIP-Devel mailing list > HPLIP-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Devel mailing list HPLIP-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-devel
