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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 It is not possible to install my HP Deskjet F4580 (=F4500series) wireless AIO printer without explicitly entering the IP address of the printer. See my attached description. (UBUNTU and openSUSE does not have this problem) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.See my attachment with complete description. 2. 3.
Created attachment 505558 [details] Description of printer installation problem
So a summary is: ==> You want to be able to perform administration functions such as aligning the print heads, cleaning them, and monitoring supply levels. You cannot do this when the backend in use is not "hp". <== The problem is with the HPLIP package. The CUPS architecture allows this to work properly without any special backend. The hpcups filter ought to accept various "CUPS-COMMAND"-format files for performing print head align/clean/levels-reporting actions. That way, all the various printer types (and not just HP printers) would be able to have administration functions all in the same interface. I've reported it upstream; it needs to be fixed there.
(In reply to comment #2) > So a summary is: > > ==> > You want to be able to perform administration functions such as aligning the > print heads, cleaning them, and monitoring supply levels. > > You cannot do this when the backend in use is not "hp". > <== > > The problem is with the HPLIP package. The CUPS architecture allows this to > work properly without any special backend. The hpcups filter ought to accept > various "CUPS-COMMAND"-format files for performing print head > align/clean/levels-reporting actions. > > That way, all the various printer types (and not just HP printers) would be > able to have administration functions all in the same interface. > > I've reported it upstream; it needs to be fixed there. Thanks for your reaction. I'm interested in the actions of upstream. Please give me a hint how to follow that?
(In reply to comment #3) > I'm interested in the actions of upstream. > Please give me a hint how to follow that? See the 'ID' in 'External Trackers' table. It points to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/799687