[CentOS] HPLIP

Robert kerplop at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jan 18 12:36:59 UTC 2006


Phil Schaffner wrote:

<snip>

>Well - has been quite a bit longer, but if you're still waiting, can
>report that I just got a new HP OfficeJet 5610 today and it worked out-
>of-the-box with the 5500 driver, but when I went searching for scanner
>support and utilities and found the same conflicts you encountered.
>Fortunately, Fedora has advanced since October '05 and the following
>packages from the FC4 repo rebuild from *.src.rpm and work on CentOS4:
>
>system-config-printer-0.6.131.3-1
>libsane-hpaio-0.9.7-4.2
>hplip-0.9.7-4.2
>hpijs-0.9.7-4.2
>
>Sources:
>system-config-printer-0.6.131.3-1.src.rpm
>hplip-0.9.7-4.2.src.rpm
>
>The pre-requisites mentioned for Fedora on
>http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/install.php
>seem to work fine.  No need to even remove hpijs.  Scanner and tools
>seem fully functional.
>
>Phil
>
>  
>
Thanks again! I waited until after my weekly backup, built & installed 
the rpms, reconfigured my printer and it works like a champ. Has anyone 
else noticed that printer setup is less challenging than it was with RH6.0?





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