From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NsImR-0005Rs-LN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:41:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 80FCEE06CF; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:40:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f179.google.com (mail-qy0-f179.google.com [209.85.221.179]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DA1BE06CF for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:40:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk9 with SMTP id 9so1112550qyk.1 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:40:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BftdxFVz4T+8YhhMgeP/I6eltySdHeVBHcN9iRbwLn4=; b=woL2GRQ1SQSGBY7aTMqD49WW6yXqvS4B3nvR7jORaviBbjWeujXg3pot71qNBg/HeY SO6bldmiPyfsvnxq72mAyMAfwp/sdGKr4IrE0g6x0Z8VDUpxG2h32gPk0Yl45u+NAlbz Wu9YxfrR/iyvmx7RvGUHZcFwXLyJwy1wVJ9Yw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=fUJAojQlJazvNAgo89P71kwhHCylS1r7weX21YhwkHMA7bxaExbWO6TQIbL7QlppFA xnxAkFUoP+5vRlTHMLK3+/GEqXs6o51eJiY6uUdYPTlkXxD2dZXEgz4uLFdkgNhiMJON fpnrrxv47nSi4yFIX5T4i8TKvGcCRRo72P5s0= Received: by 10.229.190.133 with SMTP id di5mr203192qcb.23.1268930442975; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:40:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-94-43.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.94.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm263981qwb.59.2010.03.18.09.40.41 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:40:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BA25787.9000301@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:40:39 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100304 Gentoo/2.0.3 SeaMonkey/2.0.3 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro References: <4BA23040.10405@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b8ee2df1-bef7-4fbf-928f-1f44cf2c2b5b X-Archives-Hash: 47393948225383e9391bfb538592d2b5 James wrote: > James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > > >> Maybe some printer wiz will figure out how to just >> edit the /etc/cups/printers.conf file directly.... >> > > Well, I hate to keep answering my own posts.... > surely one of the more astute admins will jump in? > (and keep me from looking.....foolish?) > > So continuing to research this I find some new-2-me flags > on gentoo: > > < snip> > > > Sooooo, my question is has anyone any knowledge of these flags > and with cups (/etc/cups/ppd/*driver*) > > ??? > > > James > > This is what I have for use FLAGS: root@smoker ~ # emerge -pv hplip cups These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.3.11-r1 USE="X acl avahi dbus gnutls java jpeg ldap pam perl png ppds python ssl tiff zeroconf -kerberos -php -samba -slp -static -xinetd" LINGUAS="en -de -es -et -fr -he -id -it -ja -pl -sv -zh_TW" 0 kB [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-3.9.12-r1 USE="gtk hpcups libnotify parport qt4 -doc -fax -hpijs -minimal -new-hpcups -policykit -scanner -snmp -static-ppds -udev-acl" 0 kB Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB * IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. root@smoker ~ # I have a HP printer too. I went into cups and looked for your printer, your model is in there. So, if you duplicate my USE flags, you should be able to find your printer in that LOOOOONG list of printers. I think ppds and hpcups is the key ones. I would at least start with those. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)