Phil Schaffner wrote: >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 > > Acting on your tip, I rebuilt the FC4 RPM for CentOS 4 also. It was a completely painless rebuild but I discovered that a nasty little "feature" of the hp-toolbox is that, if left running it will hog memory, causing everything in sight to swap out to disk. Not a pretty sight, first thing in the morning! Since I really wanted the features, I have root call a homemade seek-and-destroy script at the top of every hour to kill any toolbox I left open. In the process of scratching my head, I wondered if maybe this unruly behavior is the reason it's not included in CentOS... > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060210/f3124bd1/attachment-0005.html>