On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 21:40 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: ... > > HPLIP uses HPIJS for generating printer-ready-data for non-postscript > print jobs. HPIJS has been available since 2001 as a uni-di solution. > HPIJS has been modified to support HPLIP, but HPIJS is still backward > compatible with existing spoolers. > > And I just tried yum install hplip and came up empty. > > Given what the the URL tells about this utility, I would think it > should be part of the Centos base! I rebuilt http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/SRPMS/hplip-0.9.7-4.2.src.rpm from Fedora Core 4. Works-for-me from a local yum repo for an HP OfficeJet. Unless the upstream provider adds it, it won't be in the base anytime soon, but could be a CentOSplus candidate. Phil