Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012
On Tue 10 Aug 2021 at 19:01:30 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:44:18 +0100
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello Brian,
>
> >Thank you for the response, Brad. I see the point about applet verus web
>
> NP, Brian.
>
> >page. To my mind it is not a showstopper.
>
> Nor to me. It's simply convenient.
>
> >Enjoy the applet while you can.
>
> Probably when I get a new machine. Which should be some years away -
> I've only had this one about a year. Unless, of course, I'm forced to
> remove HPLIP by some upgrade or other in the mean time.
As I've said previously, a future CUPS will not support printer drivers.
HPLIP provides printer drivers. There will be little point in Debian
packaging HPLIP, wouldn't you agree? But this is a few years away.
Stick with what you have (it works) but think about getting ahead of the
game.
--
Brian.
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