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Linux Support for HP Devices:
NOTE: There is current concrete Linux support for the HP products
mentioned on this page. In general most HP products are Linux compatible
and supported by any Linux drivers, because their hardware configuration
has been adapted for Linux. If you did not find enough information
about your product don't hesitate to contact us at http://hp-linux.cern.ch/support/feedb.php3
or get more help in one of the Linux mailing lists or FAQs. http://www.torque.net:80/parport/archive/hist/
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Most HP DeskJet and Professional Series printers will operate in the Linux environment using drivers supplied by Linux. Linux supports a wide range of HP printers. If MS-DOS or some other operating system can access the printer from the parallel port, Linux should be able to access it also.
NOTE: Host-based printers such as the HP DeskJet 710, 820C and 1000C series will partially function in the Linux environment because they depend on the Microsoft Windows operating system.
SUMMARY: Most HP DeskJet and Professional Series printers, with
the exception of host-based printers, will function in the Linux environment
using drivers supplied by Linux. Hewlett-Packard has not written Linux
drivers for HP DeskJet or Professional Series printers at this time and
does not support printing in the Linux environment. Performing a printer
self-test should test basic printer functionality.
In the following tables you can find links to projects that wrote Linux
drivers + documentations for these HP products. Probably a lot of HP products
belonging to the same series and thus having equal hardware configuration
use the same specific Linux driver. You just have to try.
Mailing Lists about printing problems:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/linuxprinting/
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO.html
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html
See http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport/cspt/... for more detailled information about this topic.
HP (Office Jet Printers): TOP
HP OfficeJet Linux Driver 0.4 Andreas Fester - December 12th 1999
This is a Linux driver for the HP OfficeJet that provides support for the All-In-One devices from Hewlett Packard. It contains kernel driver modules to talk to the devices using the IEEE1284.4 protocol and some (yet simple) applications like displaying the contents of the LC display on the desktop. The developers are currently working on getting the drivers stable and getting some more useful application level functions, like scanning and faxing.
You can download the specific drivers and the documentation for your HP Office Jet Printer at the hpoj-project homepage. Download at http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/download.html.
Comments:
Perfectly :
| Perfect printers work perfectly; everything the printer can do the free software can drive. For multifunction devices, this must include scanning/faxing/etc; few if any multifunction devices work perfectly. |
mostly :
| These printers work almost perfectly - funny enhanced resolution modes may be missing, or the color is a bit off, but nothing that would make the printouts not useful. |
partially :
| These printers mostly don't work; you may be able to print only in black and white on a color printer, or the printouts look horrible. |
NO :
| These printers don't work at all. They may work in the future, but don't count on it. Most of them depend on the Win Operating System. Sorry. |
Discontinued HP products see http://www.pandi.hp.com/pandi-db/dds_obsolete.obsolete_list
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