Bug 547837

Summary:	hplip encourages user to install binary blobs when there are free software alternatives
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Juha Heljoranta <juha.heljoranta>
Component:	system-config-printer	Assignee:	Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	12	CC:	jpopelka, twaugh
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	system-config-printer-1.1.18-2.fc11	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Juha Heljoranta 2009-12-15 19:28:45 UTC

Description of problem:
I plugged in my printer and got a nice notification that the printer is ready. However, when I tried to print nothing happened. 

system-config-printer says in "Status Messages": 
Printer 'HP-LaserJet-M1120MFP': 'printer requires a binary plugin, run hp-setup'.

However, the OpenPrinting recommends foo2xqx driver driver:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_M1120_MFP
Alas, the foo2xqx might have some issues with software patents:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500480#c1
foo2xqx available for Fedora via rpmfusion.

hplip should educate users that there are two possible drivers available with further instructions how to proceed with installation. For example:
To install a proprietary binary driver, run hp-setup.
To install a free software driver, see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#foo2xqx.

Even better, the printer notification applet should inform that the printer is not ready until a proper driver is installed with instructions how to proceed.

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2010-01-05 14:13:40 UTC

First a small note: when you tried to print, you should have had a notification with the text from the status message (i.e. 'run hp-setup').

It is not HPLIP's job to enumerate all the other drivers that are available for the printer.

There is work going into Fedora 13 to make sure the "best" driver is used, even if not installed at the time the printer is connected.

However in this case, we'd have to jump through extra hoops because the only way to know before-hand whether HPLIP will require a proprietary plugin for a given printer is to parse the ppd-make-and-model field looking for "requires proprietary plugin" -- something very specific to HPLIP, and which may change in future versions.

Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2010-03-09 12:22:33 UTC

Fixed upstream.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2010-03-10 10:53:35 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc11

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2010-03-10 11:54:17 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc12

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2010-03-11 07:14:51 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-printer'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc12

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2010-03-11 07:16:42 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-printer'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc11

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2010-03-16 00:38:42 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-printer'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc11

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2010-03-16 00:52:47 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-printer'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-1.fc12

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2010-03-18 03:15:09 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-2.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-printer'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-2.fc12

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2010-03-18 03:29:32 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-printer'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-printer-1.1.18-2.fc11

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2010-03-20 03:39:25 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-2.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2010-03-23 02:11:32 UTC

system-config-printer-1.1.18-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.