>>From the RPM description of the "hplip" service I can't tell if I need it >> or > not. > > My FC4 desktop machine accesses only a single printer. It is a networked > HP > Color LaserJet, shared from a CUPS server. I get to this printer via a > locally-running copy of CUPS. I have no local printers attached to my > machine. > > So data to be printed takes this path: > > local-machine(CUPS) --> network-server(CUPS) --> printer(HP JetDirect) > > Given these circumstances, do I need to have the "hplip" service running > on > my desktop machine? > > Thanks. > The hplip package is only needed on your print servers. -- Aaron Konstam Professor Emeritus, Computer Science Trinity University San Antonio, Texas 210-999-7484
