On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 15:40 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > I appreciate the clarification of what system-config-printer-applet > does. It is running on my machine and it is producing I assume the error > message: > Printer 'HPLaserJ' : printer requires a binary plugin. run 'hp-setup' > > But I don't have a real clue what to do with this error message. Do you? Does running 'hp-setup' not prompt you to install the plugin? (I don't have one of these printers, so I can't test how it behaves myself.) Otherwise there is an 'hp-plugin' command which I think does what you need. > However, I have made some progress. The printer driver supplied by s-c-t > for The HP Laserjet 1020 is identified by the string: > HP Laserjet 1020 hpcups 3.10.5 requires propriety pllugin > > it seems to me that proprietary plugin is not supplied by F13. That's right. It's a binary blob distributed by HP, which we don't have the source for or right to distribute. > Now in the past the printer driver that works is: foo2zjs . This driver > has for at least 2 years has been available from: > http://foo2js.rkkda.com Unfortunately this driver is also problematic for shipping with Fedora. There are patent-encumbered parts, which has the net result that there is no entirely "Free" driver for this printer. > Last year we discussed that the F12 > side was working but there is something we still don't understand on the > Win 7 side. The print file shows up on the Win 7 side but does not print > until the machine is rebooted and you are sitting at the Login screen. I don't yet know how printing interacts between Fedora and Windows 7 other than from reports such as yours. I do hope to get time to look at it soon. Tim. */
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