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Thanks Feathers. Now I know I need to remember to add it to my app install list on new Kubuntu installations. -
It isn't installed on Kubuntu by default, IME. I've installed it myself in the past to test it, and thought it was pretty good for its intended purpose.Originally posted by notabug View Post
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I have and use a HP Photosmart C5240 printer and hplip-gui has never been installed with my other printer drivers and softwares. I just a few minutes ago installed the program and it looks like it could be very useful. Is hplip-gui usually not installed by default?Leave a comment:
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I can't connect my printer/scanner to my *wrt router via WiFi because it requires WPS.Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
Once the printer/scanner is connected to the router via USB, any machine connected to my LAN (via WiFi or Ethernet - doesn't matter) can print fine.
I'm just having problems scanning, because I can't get a new enough version of HPLIP to use with SANE that will run on *wrt.
Make sense?
If I wired the printer/scanner to a desktop that was connected to the network, I'm sure it would work perfectly because the Ubuntu repos have new versions of HPLIP. I don't have a desktop, though, and wouldn't want to leave it on ask the time if I did! Perhaps I could use a Pi.Leave a comment:
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My scanner works fine via the wired network. Does it behave differently over wireless?Leave a comment:
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Snap! Haha. Unfortunately, I can't set up a scanner with sane yet because the version of HPLIP that has the drivers for the whole all-in-one (including the scanner, not just the printer) hasn't been released as an .ipk or .opk, it's several versions behind the Debian HPLIP.Originally posted by Buddlespit View PostLeave a comment:
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That's how mine is set up. USB printer on dd-wrt. I have to set up an ipp at socket://192.168.1.1:9100Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View PostLeave a comment:
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Yep, mine is attached to my OpenWrt router via USB, and I had to add it manually in Kubuntu.
I don't know many people who attach printers like this though, they're normally connected to the LAN via WiFi. When mine was set up like this the HPLIP GUI was pretty useful...
Neither OpenWrt nor DD-WRT support WPS though, which is the only non-USB way to get my particular printer to connect over LAN, do when I switched to *wrt I had to find a different solution.Leave a comment:
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Well, if your printer is installed to another computer on your network, you don't need hplip-gui anyway because it doesn't do anything AFAIK. "Attach" your printer via the net driver and use "Manage Print Jobs" in the System Tray instead.
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if you right click that HP icon you can click quit ,,,,,or settings and check never show ,,,,,,or remove "hplip-gui" and it's gone .
I use it though so ............................
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It doesn't see my network printer, which, btw, is an HP. I don't print on it from my laptop, since my laptop is just a toy to me. I have tried clicking on it, it just doesn't see a printer. In fact, I just manually installed and tested the printer, and HP-Toolbox still doesn't see it.Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View Post
That would make more sense. I really couldn't fathom getting banned for getting frustrated and disagreeing with an admin. Unless I says stuff that's insulting or degrading.Originally posted by richbLeave a comment:
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IMO one of the best things about Linux is how easy the community makes it to learn how to change things you don't like.
This is a prime example, you guys have given many different working solutions already!
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Thanks oshunluvr.
I totally agree that the default configuration in Linux is important, but less a factor than the ability to reconfigure it. A pre-configured system is necessary for new adopters, and HP is a very popular printer choice. It gives comfort to those users to see it in the system tray with the HP logo. A user can quickly learn to remove it and any other applications he does not need or use.Leave a comment:
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Maybe I missed the point. It's a rather large dust-up over what amounts to little more than an opinion over whether or not a certain program or driver set should be part of the default install. Last time I checked, Kubuntu did not claim to be purely a FOSS distro nor would most of us want it to be. This has been said before but is worth repeating: The beauty (one of many) of Linux is I am in control of my OS and can simply purge anything I don't like - unlike most other OS's including Android. Furthermore, I can choose another distro which closer mirrors my own beliefs - if I have any.
[soapbox] In a way, this illustrates why Linux has failed to make it to the main stream more than it has: One camp of users screams for convenience and usability while another camp whines about one company or another worming their way into the infrastructure. Absolute silliness on both sides. Sorry if that offends anyone, but I'm a more pragmatic type of fellow. If I don't like something, I tend to look for a solution first, then complain afterward. In my view, far too many people complain but are unwilling to do anything to make themselves happy - or at least satisfied. [/soapbox]
@Buddlespit: Personally, I run my HP 8600 Pro (best printer combo I've ever owned, BTW) via my server so all the driver software resides there. But I believe - if the HP icon is in the system tray - you should be able to disable the icon by simply unchecking it in the system tray settings. Look there if you haven't already.
@Richb: love the new sig line.Leave a comment:
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Why do you think he is banned? I think the word under his name is self edited in his profile.Leave a comment:
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