[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

James <wireless <at> 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:

eix hplip
* net-print/hplip
     Available versions:  2.8.6b ~3.9.8-r3 3.9.12-r1 ~3.10.2 {cupsddk dbus doc
fax gtk +hpcups hpijs libnotify minimal -new-hpcups parport policykit ppds qt4
scanner snmp static-ppds -udev-acl}

eix -e cups
[I] net-print/cups
     Available versions:  1.3.11-r1!t (~)1.3.11-r2!t (~)1.4.2-r1!t {X acl avahi
dbus debug gnutls java (+)jpeg kerberos ldap linguas_da linguas_de linguas_en
linguas_es linguas_et linguas_eu linguas_fi linguas_fr linguas_he linguas_id
linguas_it linguas_ja linguas_ko linguas_nl linguas_no linguas_pl linguas_pt
linguas_pt_BR linguas_ru linguas_sv linguas_zh linguas_zh_TW pam perl php (+)png
ppds python samba slp (+)ssl static (+)tiff xinetd zeroconf}

ef (explain flag) is a little script from Ciaran...

ef cupsddk
Add support for net-print/cupsddk which enables dynamic PPD files (recommended)

ef hpcups
Build the hpcups driver for cups (by HP)

ef new-hpcups
Build the new hpcups driver for cups which is no longer based on APDK (by HP)


Sooooo, my question is has anyone any knowledge of these flags
and  with cups (/etc/cups/ppd/*driver*)

???


James