[Gloucs] Print drivers.

[Richard]

On 06/11/12 17:19, GEOFF BAGLEY wrote:
> Not many years ago, HP lasejet printers all understood postscript.
> I don't think this is true any more.
> The version of hplip I have on my
> machines isn't the one I need.
> Which gui was it that you refered to?
>
> TIA
>
> Geoff
>
> --- On Tue, 6/11/12, Matthew Phillips <phillips321 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Matthew Phillips <phillips321 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Print drivers.
>> To: wj.kilgour at btopenworld.com, "Gloucestershire LUG" <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Date: Tuesday, 6 November, 2012, 16:17
>> sudo apt-get install hplip
>>
>> Then add a new printer using the standard gui....
>>
>>
>> On 6 November 2012 16:16, John Kilgour <wj.kilgour at btopenworld.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On my system (openSUSE) the HPLIP download has enabled
>> printing on HP
>>> printers. Within this one selects the printer model
>> etc.
>>> John Kilgour
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 6/11/12, GEOFF BAGLEY <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: GEOFF BAGLEY <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com>
>>> Subject: [Gloucs] Print drivers.
>>> To: "Gloucs LUG" <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>> Date: Tuesday, 6 November, 2012, 13:49
>>>
>>> As a result of Ubuntu ditching their old LTS version, I
>> have been
>>> updating my wife's laptop to Precise Pangolin.
>>>
>>> I am having trouble gertting the right driver for her
>> printer.
>>>
>>> The HP printer drivers need to know the Linux distro,
>> and the type of
>>> printer.  However, I am at loss to know where CUPS
>> fits in.  I would
>>> guess between the OS and the driver, which in turn
>> addrsses the printer.
>>> They do not seem to want to know which version of
>> CUPS.
>>>
>>> If I went for a printer network,  would life be
>> any easier ?
>>> All my four machines are on ethernet, but I have always
>> been satisfied
>>> with local printing.
>>>
>>> What is the significance of CUPS  "classes" ?
>>>
>>> Best regards to all the Group.  I hope to get down
>> again one day to
>>> a Meeting.
>>>
>>> Geoff (on wheels).
>>>
>>>
>>>
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sudo apt-get install hplip-gui
should do it

Dick