Juanito
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Posted: Aug. 30 2007,09:12 |
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I didn't see any feedback in this thread for the hplip extensions in testing - but in continued use, I found a few issues I didn't spot earlier:
1. Printing - no additional issues found other than I'm still struggling to share printers with windows machines.
2. Faxing - I discovered hplip does not support fax on my OfficeJet G85 and there are "issues" (dixit hplip-help mailing list) with the fax support of an OfficeJet K80 I have occasional access to - this has made it difficult for me to test the faxing functionality of hplip.
I did find that hplip required the python readline.so extension in order to set up a fax as a cups printer - I couldn't compile the extension, but the one available in the python2.3 deb seems to work:| Code Sample | | $ sudo hp-setup -i --type=fax --fax=OfficeJetK80FaxTest |
Note that regardless of whether /opt/python-2.3/bin is in the path, the only way make this work as root is to symlink python to /usr/bin (the hp-* commands work fine without the symlink as user dsl). It is also necessary to copy HP-Fax-hplip.ppd.gz from /opt/ppd/HP to /usr/share/cups/model otherwise hp-setup will not find it.
It is possible to add a fax to cups directly, but the fax uri does not appear in the drop-down box. I managed to do this by chosing another device (eg "printer on USB #1") and then editing /etc/cups/printers.conf to add the correct uri.
All this notwithstanding, when I try to send a test page to the fax, cups gives the error "/opt/hplip/lib/cups/backend/hpfax failed" - perhaps this is the "issue" with the K80 and other faxes might work?
3. Scanning - I neglected to mention in the info file that /etc/sane.d/dll.conf needs to be added to the backup in order for scanning to work. In addition, there was a problem with the _imaging.so extension in hplip_site-packages that prevented hp-scan from working. I have recompiled it and things seem fine now:| Code Sample | $ hp-scan -dhpaio:/usb/OfficeJet_K80?serial=ES0911401VOH -n -r75 --size=a4 -ftest.jpg
$ scanimage --format=tiff > test.tiff |
I'll test a while longer and then submit the revised extensions & info files.
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