Re: [gentoo-user] HP officejet pro 8600 printer (all-in-one)

Re: [gentoo-user] HP officejet pro 8600 printer (all-in-one)

[Thomas Mueller]

> I will be buying a new printer and am considering three members of the
> HP 8600 class
        
> HP officejet pro 8600 (N911a)
        
> HP officejet pro 8600 plus (N911g)
        
> HP officejet pro 8600 premium (N911n)
        
> The first two are listed on the hplip site as having full support and
> recommended.  The third is not listed, which I found surprising.
        
> Any recommendations/suggestions/experiences would be appreciated.

> thanks,
> allan

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.

My ill luck was with FreeBSD and NetBSD, and hplip makes assumptions on Linux file structure that are different in the BSDs.

I do intend to try with Linux, and also try the MS-Windows drivers on FreeBSD with wine.

I might try Brother.


Tom

[gentoo-user] Re: HP officejet pro 8600 printer (all-in-one)

[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.
> 
> My ill luck was with FreeBSD and NetBSD, and hplip makes assumptions
> on Linux file structure that are different in the BSDs.
> 
> 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.

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 :)