Hello,
my old hp ptotosmart printer died. It worked fine with HPLIP. Now I have to
buy a new one but they all use "HP Smart" for Windows exclusively. I would
like to know if these printers are still compatible with HPLIP. The printer
I want to buy is the "HP OfficeJet Pro 8134e All-ine-One" which is linux
compatible according to the specifications but which is configurable with
"HP Smart" under Windows. Will HPLIP be valid for this printer also under
linux ? Otherwise how can it be configured ?
About thirty years ago A printer in a box was put on my desk at work. I don't remember the HP model, but the box said "ready for use with Windows, Mac or Unix." There were disks of drivers for Windows and Mac in the box, but none for Unix. I called HP and explained that I had an HP 720 running HP-UX. The "customer service" agent asked "Is that Windows or Mac?" I explained slowly that's "Hewlett-Packard Unix." She repeated her question. I eventually got an e-mail from a user in Norway who told me the drivers are on the HP-UX distribution disks, but you needed to get a free "key" from HP to unlock them. There was extra for-fee software on the distribution disks for which one had to buy a key, but why where the free HP printer drivers locked on the disk?
The bottom line is that if things at HP haven't changed, be skeptical of their commitment to Linux support.