fedora-list Digest, Vol 11, Issue 119

[Lloyd Hayes]

> 
> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 23:05 -0700, Lloyd Hayes wrote:
> <snip>
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I might be able to shed some light on this. The weakest thing about
> > Linux is the extreme lack of documentation. I chalk it up to programmers
> > who learned bad habits. (I used to write shareware over 20 years ago and
> > creating the docs to go with programs was considered normal.)
> > 
> > I have an HP PSC1210. The docs for hpoj for these 'All-in-One'
> > scanner/printers state that you can use either the scanner or printer.
> > But not both. You have to log out and log back in to use the the
> > opposite part of this machine. 
> > 
> > Also, it also seems the driver is using only the color cartridge. Not
> > the B&W cartridge.
> > 
> > Lloyd
> > 
> I too have an HP PSC 1210 and up until recently, couldn't get the scanner to
> work with FC. I have it connected to my workstation which is FC2, but
> plan to move it to my server which is FC3. I'm not sure at the moment
> where I got the link, but HP has a linux project on Sourceforge.net that
> has a backend for around 300 HP printers.
> 
> http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/productssupported.php
> 
> I downloaded, installed, and configured the HPLIP backend for my printer
> following the directions given on the site, and I can now print and scan
> without changing anything, or logging out. It works well on FC2, and
> possibly in the next few days I'll try it on my FC3 box.
> 
> Roy
> 
> 

Thanks. I'll try that link now.

-- 
Lloyd Hayes <lloyd545220-trucker at yahoo.com>