HP Printer

[Jack]

I check here the link.

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/su ... t_aio.html

Here is the models 2132 and 3632. Can you and make sure for me that they are support and is full 100% supported. I think they are/

Jack

[francois]

They seem to be from the information in the table.

Searching for these printers models, here is a message that I found stating that they are covered with hp-lip ver 3.15.6
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html

Porteus has ver. 3.13.11:

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root@porteus:~# hp-info
warning: hp-info should not be run as root/superuser.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.13.11)
Device Information Utility ver. 5.2

Accordingly I do not find them in print settings (or system-config-printer utility).

It seems that presently slackware is stuck with 3.13, but for 3.15 there is a hplip package from slackel on pkgs.org.

[Jack]

Will Porteus support it anytime soon? It will be hard to find a new printer with what is supported by Slackware now. So if anyone know a HP printer model that is supported with current version please tell me.

[fanthom]

"Will Porteus support it anytime soon?"
we do not maintain hplip package so it must be either bumped by Pat in slackware-current or someone from the community must create xzm with latest hplip for you.

[beny]

hi you can grab the slackbuild of hplip from the slackware current source site downloads the last hplip source package and make it like usual,if you have devel package is simple: Slackware package /tmp/hplip-3.15.6_py2.5-x86_64-1.txz created.well i have a brother printer so i can't try if work or not ...

[Jack]

I found these which is better to use?

hplip-3.15.6.tar.gz
hplip-3.15.6_py2.5.tar.gz

[Jack]

Let me understand this Porteus has ver. 3.13.11 support. Will it still support all the older version HP Printer the same way?

I think I found one http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Deskjet-25 ... r/31719885 it's version is hplip 2.13.8.

[francois]

Printer wise, I have been for years a hp printer owner. I shifted for brother some five years ago. I get a lot more satisfaction for less money. These printer are fast. I own a laser printer. The canon color laser printer does a really good job too. I have one too. Both work on porteus.

See laser color printer (this thread is not only about color photographs):
viewtopic.php?f=61&t=3683

[Jack]

I live in a small town and there a few store that sell ink and it HP ink. That why I pick HP printer. I would like to get a Laser printer but I don't have the $$$ to buy one up front. Beside I don't print picture's and I don't print that much anyway just if I need to. That why I pick a cheap printer to buy. My last printer lasted about 25 years.

[francois]

Brother black and white laser printer is 100$ canadian. Difficult to find cheaper. Especially if you count savings on ink cartridges. Toner is a lot cheaper for printing.

I imagine that you can buy it on the net. Over a certain amount the shipping is free.

[Jack]

What model is it? And dose Porteus support it? Walmart sell a Brother but not sure of the model. Will it print 500 pages on 1 toner or how many pages?

[Jack]

I did check at Walmart.com.
At the store.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Brother-HLL23 ... r/39791287

Walmart.com

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Brother-HL-L2 ... s/40334928

Then this one.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Brother-DCP-L ... r/39747015

Is any of these supported by Porteus?

[francois]

You will be able to intall any of these three printers with printer.xzm module and the individual ppd of these printers. But I imagine any hp printer given it has a ppd, and they usually have. See HOWTO on printer installation on porteus with printing module and ppd:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4799

Edited and forked into another thread for sake of simplicity.

[Jack]

Thanks francois, You did more then enough for me. If I need any more help I post it here again thank you.

Jack