Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"
On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 14:31:49 -0200, 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?
Both. Although, admittedly, I concentrated on firmware.
> 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?
Knowing the printer model would bring some focus to the matter. We are
both right but each of us has looked at two different aspects of the
plugin model.
--
Brian.
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