From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F2D71381F3 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 07:25:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E14A2E0DC5; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 07:25:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC455E0CB5 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 07:25:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([141.24.16.145]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MU1MP-1VQab33czR-00Qg0M for ; Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:25:28 +0200 Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 09:25:28 +0200 From: Frank Steinmetzger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] HP officejet pro 8600 printer (all-in-one) Message-ID: <20130905072528.GA7798@nukleus.lan> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <754100.17490.bm@smtp106.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <754100.17490.bm@smtp106.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt 1.5.21 (2010-09-15, Gentoo 1.5.21-r12) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:GkIwDNSdyedDDeJr1lDbY9ZHQi+Nck0zoP9WpNqJOK3DSBvLtOe TlHEmyfaIjmCB2sgS9nmpHvNS+U9g4dkegcAE00FYhQqe8YwHJOR+fV9TKW/QGnHM8V7+yc rwDJhyX4NwygXfHbc3qE4jCgMS6CQb2mVTJBzQVBk2kW83aaEkERgClDpNsUHpDziaLzNVS 869NBf6oMD2Ww5jw08O3Q== X-Archives-Salt: f7b253b0-c617-4c1a-b444-f870d5980192 X-Archives-Hash: c62690e87f947f95c84484736e7abcb5 --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 07:25:51PM -0700, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Walt: >=20 > > 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. > =20 > > 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 :) >=20 > I see I don't have guenprint installed, maybe I ought to. >=20 > 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". --=20 Gru=C3=9F | Greetings | Qapla=E2=80=99 Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook servi= ce. =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m working on than.=E2=80=9D -- Stephen Hawking (When visiting the set of the Starship Enterprise=E2=80=99s engine room) --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlIoMecACgkQGafpl66MV0y/qACfVliAopSRGiGUOUuNW5IWGETF 2NYAni80IwpxxGp+W+n4zC3EElAStw5V =aqLw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j--