[Bug 1061069]

2015-08-31 Thread Johannes Meixner
In SLES12 we have CUPS 1.7.5 and in openSUSE Tumbleweed CUPS 2.x. As of this writing there are no big issues so that in general CUPS > 1.5.4 plus cups-filters seems to "just work". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1385055] Re: HP Officejet Pro X476dw MFP prints in 300dpi

2014-10-24 Thread Johannes Meixner
FYI: The attached PDF.ppd.gz belongs to https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/256131 because it seems one cannot attach files to questions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385055

[Bug 1385055] Re: HP Officejet Pro X476dw MFP prints in 300dpi

2014-10-24 Thread Johannes Meixner
** Attachment added: "PDF.ppd.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1385055/+attachment/4243601/+files/PDF.ppd.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385055 Title: HP Officejet Pr

[Bug 493282] Re: hplip-data ballooned by 5MB in lucid

2009-12-11 Thread Johannes Meixner
FYI: In particular regarding PostScript printer PPDs, see the related bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/485218 Only a guess regarding the above comment #5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/493282/comments/5 Perhaps HP's own setup tool hp-setup uses some additional specia

[Bug 428588] Re: Problems with hpcups driver: Setting duplex too complicated, miscellaneous regressions

2009-10-16 Thread Johannes Meixner
Regarding "easier way for the users to set up duplex" I would like to mention what I wrote here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/173857/comments/4 i.e. I suggest that the defaults in the PPD are such that duplex printing works. As far as I see the consequence is that then even for "simpex"

[Bug 444597] Re: After upgrade to karmic cups server do not start.

2009-10-07 Thread Johannes Meixner
My /var/spool/lpd/.hplip directory was created a longer time ago. I cannot remember which HPLIP version I did run at 2009-01-13. Currently I run HPLIP 3.9.8. I removed the /var/spool/lpd/.hplip directory manually. It did not re-appear, neither after running /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp nor after printi

[Bug 444597] Re: After upgrade to karmic cups server do not start.

2009-10-07 Thread Johannes Meixner
>From my current point of view there are two bugs: 1. Backends and filters in HPLIP should not leave any files and/or directories in the system (i.e. clean up all what tey might have created). 2. CUPS should do a more rigorous clenaup of his own directories (i.e. "rm -rf" instead of only a plain

[Bug 444597] Re: After upgrade to karmic cups server do not start.

2009-10-07 Thread Johannes Meixner
FYI, we have had a similar issue, compare https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=339443 Usually a .hplip directory is created by whatever hp* program in the home directory of the user who runs it (if this directory does not yet exist). If the user "lp" runs whatever such hp* program, a .hpli

[Bug 444597] Re: After upgrade to karmic cups server do not start.

2009-10-07 Thread Johannes Meixner
And guess what there is on my openSUSE 11.1 workstation: -- l...@host $ ls -la ~ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 lp lp 4096 2009-10-07 10:15 . drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 2009-08-12 15:15 .. -rw--- 1 lp lp 17 2009-10-07

[Bug 282186] Re: HP Photosmart 2610 top first cm not printed

2009-04-16 Thread Johannes Meixner
Regardless that it is about HPLIP here, FYI: Printing /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps with "-o document-format=application/vnd.cups-postscript" does not work for me for the Gutenprint driver, see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467877#c2 I use CUPS 1.3.9 and a HP LaserJet 1220 with

[Bug 282186] Re: HP Photosmart 2610 top first cm not printed

2009-01-21 Thread Johannes Meixner
Till, I have a question: In comment "Till Kamppeter wrote on 2008-11-26:" you wrote -- one should not use the CUPS test page in a PDF printing workflow anyway. Use the Ubuntu test page /usr/share/system-config-printer/testpage-a4.ps instead. ---

[Bug 282186] Re: HP Photosmart 2610 top first cm not printed

2009-01-21 Thread Johannes Meixner
Then I think that HPLIP (and all other printer setup tools) which send a PostScript program as printing test page should submit their test page print jobs using "-o document-format=application/vnd.cups-postscript" A positive sude-effect is that this way document manager options like "n-up" and "fi

[Bug 282186] Re: HP Photosmart 2610 top first cm not printed

2009-01-20 Thread Johannes Meixner
Till, if I understand your above comment correctly, does it mean that via the PDF workflow, true PostScript programs do no longer work as before (i.e. are executed on the final PostScript interpreter)? If yes, it is no solution to replace test-pages with whatever appropriate PDFs (can a single gen

[Bug 238729] Re: REGRESSION: Many printer model entries in PPD generator got dropped (ex: HP PSC 2175)

2008-08-26 Thread Johannes Meixner
FYI: Perhaps https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/235148 is onyl one instance (i.e. a duplicate) of the general bug here. -- REGRESSION: Many printer model entries in PPD generator got dropped (ex: HP PSC 2175) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238729 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 149045] Re: needs a proper daemon or cupsys integration

2008-04-08 Thread Johannes Meixner
Till, many thanks for the info! Now it seems Ubuntu and Suse are in sync regarding the defaults for user access which is certainly very good when the end-user experience of different distros is very similar. I like to learn which tool Ubunto uses to implement the "desktop-user" access. We use res

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-04-02 Thread Johannes Meixner
Many thanks for the script and for the info! Currently I don't want to use int_outof because I want to be backward compatible at least with openSUSE 10.3 when I provide HPLIP packages via our openSUSE build service. By the way: A tiny note regarding use of "cut": Usually I use "cut -s" to ignore

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-04-02 Thread Johannes Meixner
Till, I would like to follow your approach with 256 entries for each device class because it is in sync with the HPLIP udev rules file. Could you attach your current script or post a URL? -- Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy htt

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-04-02 Thread Johannes Meixner
Martin, regarding int_outof, see my comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/195782/comments/39 In particular test int_outof with more than one HP all-in-one device. Perhaps it works for your HAL version? -- Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functio

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-03-28 Thread Johannes Meixner
Tills file and mine on my workstation are identical. By the way: How can one change the attachment mime type? This one should be text/plain because the current text/html leads to nonsense when one views it with a browser. -- Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-03-28 Thread Johannes Meixner
I am neither a big fan of HAL because since it exists I am usually fighting with its mess until it somehow works for me because I always find insufficiencies. For example newest stuff like int_outof="0xa1b2;0xc3d4;..." doesn't work with HAL at least not on my openSUSE 10.3 system. Perhaps HAL wo

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-03-27 Thread Johannes Meixner
I think it is an upstream issue that HP provides the USB IDs instead of let the distributions implement complicated workarounds. -- Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195782 You received this bug n

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-03-27 Thread Johannes Meixner
Regarding grep 'usb-pid=$' /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat|wc -l 135 see the comments at the end of /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat # io-support: (bitfield) # 1 = parallel # 2 = usb # 4 = ethernet # 8 = wireless 802.11 # 16 = bluetooth Then run something like egrep '^io-support

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-03-27 Thread Johannes Meixner
I run it during package buid in the RPM spec file as follows: Source104: create_hal_global_fdi_from_models.dat ... bash %{SOURCE104} data/models/models.dat >70-hpmud.fdi install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor install -m644 70-hpmud.fdi %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/hal/

[Bug 195782] Re: Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy

2008-03-27 Thread Johannes Meixner
** Attachment added: "FYI: our current openSUSE 11.0 script to create a fdi fike from models.dat" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12917563/create_hal_global_fdi_from_models.dat -- Users not automatically added to "scanner" group: No scanning functions of HP multi-function in Hardy https://bug

[Bug 59409] Re: Fax PPD not installed by default

2008-02-27 Thread Johannes Meixner
It seems there is a misunderstanding. I didn't ask for a place to where I can submit something for HPLIP. I asked if there is a summary page of all currently available patches for a certain HPLIP version. -- Fax PPD not installed by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59409 You received thi

[Bug 59409] Re: Fax PPD not installed by default

2008-02-27 Thread Johannes Meixner
By chance I noticed that there are patches avaialble. I have a question and/or feature request: Is there an official developer location (web page, URL) where such patches are collected so that it would be sufficient to check only one URL to get all the latest currently available patches for a cer

[Bug 149045] Re: needs a proper daemon or cupsys integration

2008-01-31 Thread Johannes Meixner
I should have mentionend that I had in mind to run the backend as setuid "lp" program so that normal users get sufficient permissions implicitely e.g. to do a device state query. I thought that "run as lp" is sufficiently secure because "it is just what cupsd does by default" but unfortunately I m

[Bug 149045] Re: needs a proper daemon or cupsys integration

2008-01-11 Thread Johannes Meixner
I really appreciate it that upstream accepts more secure default permissions and we (i.e. Novell/Suse) have by default rw-rw-r-- root lp Unfortunately at least many of our users don't accept this because only read access for normal usres is not sufficient to query the device state from a printer (