From:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
Sat, 9 Jul 2005 15:04:37 -0300
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote:
I posted a question to Debian User about package conflicts between
hpoj(sp?) and hplip(sp?) that are for parallel HP printers and usb HP
printers. My HP 697C is parallel, and my HP psc1210 is usb.
The conflicts will be removed in etch. hplip has already removed them in
sid, after I manage to make sure things do work alright, I will ask the hpoj
mainainter to do so as well.
hplip does NOT connect to any printer unless you configure it to do so, so
it is safe. HPOJ, you will have to use some sort of command (I don't know
which) to tell it to stay away from the USB ports, and then configure HPLIP
to use them.
I wonder if it is possible to force aptitude to install those 2
conflicting packages and somehow match them to the appropriate printer?
You will need to use a backport of the sid hplip package (not yet uploaded,
maybe when 0.9.4 shows up), and to modify hpoj to stop conflicting with
hplip.
A gentleman on the Debian KDE list told me how to install the
conflicting package:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/docs/wrk/wonk$ dpkg -l | grep hp
ii foomatic-db-hp 1.5-20050420-1 linuxprinting.org printer support -
database
ii hp-ppd 0.5 HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD)
files
ii hp2xx 3.4.4-2 A HPGL converter into some vector- and
raste
ii hp48cc 1.3-3.1 C-like compiler which produces HP48 RPN
ii hpijs 2.1.2+0.9.2-2 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS
drive
ii hplip 0.9.2-2 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System
(hplip)
ii hplip-data 0.9.2-2 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
ii hpoj 0.91-4 HP OfficeJet Linux driver (hpoj)
ii hpscanpbm 0.3a-11 HP ScanJet scanning utility
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/docs/wrk/wonk$
I got it installed by almost following his instructions. Finding out
how to follow your general
advice about configuration is my 'next adventure!' I have CUPS and the
foomatic packages
and will be looking at the docs, etc. I can already use localhost:631
to get into CUPS. I also
understand that the KDE printer wizard should be helpful. I'm a little
fuzzy about putting in
the URI's. The test page for the parallel printer works. I can dump
dostext to the parallel
printer with 'lpr -l <dostext file>' which is simply the raw text
bypassing the filters. I have
yet to activate the usb printer (usblp0). As this is a sarge box
upgraded from woody, hotplug
is installed among other things.
-- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to
bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
(I've read the books and seen the movies. Loved'em!)
Thank you for your information. Any other general or specific help
is welcome. CC's or
direct email is fine. However, I am subscribed to the digest so
replying to the list is certainly okay!
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