Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Thank you, Kevin, I found your post very helpful.
> I wasn't aware of the relation of Gutenprint to CUPS,
To be clear, all the modern printer drivers for GNU/Linux are CUPS drivers,
not just Gutenprint. CUPS has become the de-facto standard for printing,
SANE for scanning. Even the proprietary drivers normally plug into CUPS
resp. SANE.
> or of the wide-ranging scope of hplip.
Yes, HPLIP is more than just a printer driver. While HPLIP does not try to
support non-printer devices (with the exception of 2 ScanJet scanner models,
both requiring a proprietary "plugin"), it does try to support all
functionality of the HP multi-function printers, they even include a tool
for faxing (hp-fax). And unfortunately, HPLIP also serves as a shell for
proprietary driver blobs (in the form of a "plugin").
Kevin Kofler
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