On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 13:21:23 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 11/19/2016 11:31 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > >On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: > >>>I'd like to know that, too. I need a new home color printer, my > >>>10-year-old HP PhotoSmart (blobless) MFP has finally broken down and > >>>good second-hand parts are not easy to find in Brazil :-( > >> > >>Why is it important for the printer to be blobless? Look at it this way: > > > >Are we talking about printer firmware, or host-cpu device drivers? > > > >All of your reply is only relevant for device firmware (runs in the > >device). But I thought this was about a binary-only driver blob that > >runs in the host OS ? Or did I misunderstand? > > > I'm pretty sure it's a host-cpu device driver. > > http://hplipopensource.com/node/309
Sorry to be awkward, but what does "it's" refer to? The plugin contains *.fw files and libraries. A firmware file is uploaded to the printer when it is switched on. Quite what the libraries do I do not know but my assumption is they are involved in this and the host-based management of the printer. Enlightenment would be appreciated. -- Brian.
