On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 07:25:51PM -0700, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> from Walt:
> 
> > On 09/02/2013 08:17 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > > Given my ill luck with HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP, I don't want to buy
> > > anything more from HP, unless I get this printer working, and then
> > > I'd need toner.
> >
> > > I do intend to try with Linux, and also try the MS-Windows drivers on
> > > FreeBSD with wine.
>         
> > I've found that the postscript-printer-definition (ppd) files included
> > in net-print/gutenprint work much better for me than the ones included
> > in net-print/hplip, which is published by HP.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try that, too for by Laserjet 1000. I used to
use foo2zjs, which got masked at some point. I'm annoyed by hplip's tray
area program.

> > I've also heard other people grumble about the quality of HP printer
> > drivers not being as good as HP printers, but that's just hearsay :)
> 
> I see I don't have guenprint installed, maybe I ought to.
> 
> Bigger problem may be that HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP requires a proprietary plugin download.

That plugin download is what was broken for me. If you use python 3 in
your system, then the download will silently fail because the script is
written in python 2, but its shebang says only "python".
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