Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"
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.
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