On Sunday 18 September 2016 23:30:01 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Sun, September 18, 2016 5:10 pm, brian wrote: > > My dear old Laserjet 5N finally having died, I bought an HP Laserjet > > P1109w to replace it. I have managed to install it to the extent that > > it's recognised (USB connection, not wireless) but the problem is that it > > apparently needs a *proprietary* plug-in to print properly. > > > > I have H-Ps installer, and everything goes OK up to the point at which > > it goes to an unspecified H-P site to download the plug-in. > > Installer? Plug-in? Are you using CUPS? Is the P1109w not in the CUPS > menu? > > I picked up a P3015 for $150; it runs perfectly under CUPS and is the best > printer I ever have used. I am using the Ethernet interface.
If we are putting in plugs for other printers, then Sumsung has brilliant support for Linux, once you get past first level support. They have a chap (Linux Support Department!), whose permission I have to give out his name and contact details, who will stick with it to help until the printer/all-in-on works in Linux, if the supplied Linux drivers don't work. (I've always managed to get printers going - it was an all-in-one I needed his help for.) Lisi
