At Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:40:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > I noticed someone mentioned HP OfficeJet's. > I have a J4580, which is not supported under Centos-5.5. > (In fact, very few OfficeJet's seem to be supported.) > > However, Dag Wieers pointed out that one has to install > the latest hplip (together with hpijs and libsane) > from <http://packages.sw.be/hplip/>. > > I did this, and find the OfficeJet works perfectly now > under CentOS. Yes, HP *InkJets* need 'bleeding edge' 'drivers' (which are really just means that the additional model *names* have been added to the 'driver'), along with the needed .ppd files for the new printers. I don't think the new printers require any new actual *code* -- they all use the same basic raster format and the same basic driver protocol (they all use the same GS ijs rasterizer). > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/