On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:38:08 +0000, Harishankar wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:33:00 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> Then keep it, that's up to you. You asked for a feature that was not >> available for your device and I tried to help you to diagnose a >> configuration problem (that lastly it turned out it was not). >> >> > Why we should consider it a non-available feature when it works under > Windows? I know it's not an "intelligent" printer, but isn't it the job > of the device driver to take care of those issues? If HP are actively > involved in it??? HP manufactures many type of printer devices: PCL based, Postscript based and low-end devices mainly for windows. You bought the latter which is linux featured lacking, bad luck. HP provides support and bug management via webpage: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html (...) > I would have thought HP if they were involved in the development of the > HPLIP drivers would have fixed a simple issue like that on old or new > printers particularly as they support the device 100% under Windows. Maybe is just they cannot add that feature for linux unless they re- design from scratch the printer. Many of those low-end hardware based devices impede that possibility :-? > I am not saying that they're not doing a good job, it's just strange > that they have neglected to include an important series of low-end MF > printers which a lot of us use at homes. Ask them for that. They will tell you whether tecnically possible or just a market strategy. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.07.30.09.01...@gmail.com
