Re: Printers using free software only
Am Donnerstag, 2. August 2012 schrieb green:
> Martin Steigerwald wrote at 2012-08-02 13:19 -0500:
> > I am quite confident my HP OfficeJet 5610 doesn´t contain such a
> > nasty firmware, as I am using it for a real long time now.
>
> True according to
> <http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/officejet/officejet_5600_s
> eries.html> (search for "driver plug-in" and see note 8.
>
> Some HP printers are supported by HPLIP *with* a proprietary plug-in.
> This seems to be clearly stated on the printers' support pages as at
> the above link.
Thanks for finding this.
The knowledge base article linked from note 8 is a quite informative read:
http://hplipopensource.com/node/309
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