Re: [OT] Sorry state of hplip (was: [SOLVED] Re: [jessie] recording line-in using ALSA?)
On Sun 30 Oct 2016 at 19:58:19 +0100, deloptes wrote:
> IMO hplip also supports multifunction devices.
Correct.
> If you want to use HP device only for printing ... non of this is required.
Correct. It can, however, depend on which backend you want to send data
to the printer if you are fussy.
> If you want to do a scanning etc it is understandable that a kind of gui has
> to be provided.
There is no problem with scanning to an aio without HPLIP. It depends
on how you go about it. The packaging has been devised to accomodate
this (but it appears to be a source for complaint).
--
Brian.
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