brian wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:15:48 -0400, Ralph Katz wrote: > >> >>Some searching would have saved time as we discussed this printer back >>in June without needing any plug-ins or non-debian software to get it >>working. I posted: >> >>> I use the standard cups foomatic driver for your P1102w printer on >>> my very similar (or identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on >>> my stable/Jessie system. >>> >>> Browsing to localhost:631/printers shows: >>>> Description: Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet Professional P1109w >>>> Driver: HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended) >>>> (grayscale, 2-sided printing) Connection: >>>> dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%20Professional%20P1109w._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/ >>> >>>> >>> [There is no 2-sided printing.] >> >>https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/06/msg00953.html >> > > Searching *was* done prior to posting. I ran a search on my entire > Debian mailing list hierarchy looking for p1102w or p1109w, as well as > trying a number of searches via DuckDuckGo to try to find any > information on the problem. > > Unfortunately the subject line of the thread you reference didn't > mention either printer - it was > >> USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer" > > Now if you feel that I'm in some way remiss in not interpreting this > as relating to my problem, then that is of course your privilege, just > the same as it's my privilege to regard you as someone trying to be a > smartarse. > > My debian-user folder has somewhere in excess of 80,000 messages in > it. Not really too practical to search it manually. > > Brian.
I still use google and if I type in "debian p1109w", the first 10 results cover both threads. About 1999 doing a research on search engine algos, we (at the university) came to the conclusion google has the best one ... so why would you relay on something else?
