Bug 330063 - Hplip not installed upon yast2->hw->printer configuration for HP devices
Summary: Hplip not installed upon yast2->hw->printer configuration for HP devices
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 388149
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 10.3
Classification: openSUSE
Component: YaST2 (show other bugs)
Version: RC 1
Hardware: i686 openSUSE 10.3
: P5 - None : Major (vote)
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Assignee: Michal Zugec
QA Contact: Jiri Srain
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Depends on: 309933
Blocks: 184798
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Reported: 2007-10-02 10:19 UTC by Michal Veselenyi
Modified: 2008-05-22 12:05 UTC (History)
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Description Michal Veselenyi 2007-10-02 10:19:25 UTC 
I have hp deskjet f380  (<=> f300 series).
When first time selecting yast2->hardware->printer to configure the printer, yast downloads and installs some packages (gutenprint, hplip-hpijs), but not "hplip". This causes the printer/scanner doesn't work at all.

So I need to install the additional "hplip" package. Then in printer list I need to "edit" the printer and change the "connection" to "hplip backend".
Then the printing works.
Note that a normal user will never figure him/herself these additional steps.
This applies also to other hp devices which are usually supposed to work with hplip.

Please change it so hplip is set automatically upon printer setup for HP devices.
Comment 1 Jarl Friis 2007-10-19 11:18:07 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0 from Michal Veselenyi)
> I have hp deskjet f380  (<=> f300 series).
> When first time selecting yast2->hardware->printer to configure the printer,
> yast downloads and installs some packages (gutenprint, hplip-hpijs), but not
> "hplip". This causes the printer/scanner doesn't work at all.

I guess this is because yast currently (for 10.3 release) configures all HPLIP capable printers using the plain usb/lp connectivity, not hplip. So only printing will work (and hplip is thus unecessary).

> Please change it so hplip is set automatically upon printer setup for HP
> devices.

That makes this bug depend on bug #309933 and bug #184798
Comment 2 Jarl Friis 2007-10-26 14:12:41 UTC 
Quoting bug#332750 comment#4 : Considering these printers/scanners are probably among the most used in Linux, I increase severity a bit :-)
Comment 3 Michal Veselenyi 2007-10-27 09:04:43 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1 from Jarl Friis)
> (In reply to comment #0 from Michal Veselenyi)
> I guess this is because yast currently (for 10.3 release) configures all HPLIP
> capable printers using the plain usb/lp connectivity, not hplip. So only
> printing will work (and hplip is thus unecessary).

Well the problem is I didn't get any printing on my HP with that configuration. It seems some (maybe most) HP devices work only with hplip, not mentioning all-in-one devices with scanner which surely require hplip.
So I consider mandatory installing hplip upon firts printer detection/configuration with yast for any printer/scanner from HP.

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> 
> That makes this bug depend on bug #309933 and bug #184798
> 
Yes and no.
The first one is some problems with parallel port if I understand.
The second one won't apply if hplip is installed upon printer config. If it's installed, some more ho devices are listed in yast printer list and the printing works OK.
Comment 4 Michal Zugec 2008-05-22 12:05:18 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 388149 ***