[SOLVED] HPLIP and foomatic really needed for CUPS?
Hi there,
Wanting my HP Laserjet 5M printer to get up and running, at first glance it appears that i have to use the HPLIP package to get it to work with CUPS. When trying to install the HPLIP package pacman states that it also needs foomatic-db. Total installed size would be about 87Mb. Is it really necessary to install HPLIP and foomatic to get my Laserjet going under CUPS? I rather would install only the driver I really need, instead of a 'one for all' package. Or is the biggest part of the HPLIP and foomatic package really needed by the system?
Regards,
Frank
Last edited by senaxo (2010-05-20 11:03:14)
Ok, it appears that I only needed two things:
1. The appropriate PPD file for the printer
2. The package 'foomatic-rip' to be installed
I've downloaded the PPD for my laserjet printer from http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_5M and after adding the printer via the CUPS webinterface using that PPD file of the printer (and after installing 'foomatic-rip') the printer seems to work perfectly.
Quite a difference to installing the whole 'hplip' and 'foomatic-db' packages and all their dependencies.
Frank
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