On Saturday 08 August 2009 16:37:17 Christopher A. Williams wrote: > On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 16:04 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 08 August 2009 15:36:56 Christopher A. Williams wrote: > > > I noticed that the current available version on the F11 repos for HPLIP > > > is 3.9.2, but the most current version available from HP is version > > > 3.9.8. > > > > > > A friend of mine installed this version on his F11 x86_64 system and > > > found that it works much MUCH better. > > > > > > So... When will we see 3.9.8 hit the repositories? > > > > Sounds like a subjective statement to me :-) Did your friend say exactly > > what works better? > > > > I've been using hplip for 2 years. IMO the only thing that has changed > > is that later versions have drivers for later devices. If your device is > > supported with the version you have got, you have no need to change. > I don't recall the version, but when I first got it there were no rpms - I had to install it direct from the HP site. It's so much easier now :-) > Actually, I've been using hplip since it first came out with Fedora. > I've used Fedora and its predecessors since the old RHL 4.X series. I > have an OfficeJet 6210xi all-in-one myself. Not the newest of printers > to be sure. > > I just upgraded to 3.9.8 and saw an immediate improvement in printer > speed and responsiveness. That sounds like an updated driver, then. > Print quality is about the same. I haven't > tested it yet, but with 3.9.2, I found that if I used the scanner, I > would have to turn the printer off and then back on again before it > would print. I'll post to fedora-test-list with results when I get a > chance to test that. > I don't use the scanner in software much, usually scanning to pen-drive, but I've never seen that particular problem. Again, I would think that it's very much down to the drivers for individual devices. > My friend has a newer OfficeJet J4680 series WiFi printer. He said he > saw the same improvements in terms of printer speed and performance, but > he also said that (qualitatively) the print quality improved as well. > Since we don't have a ruler to measure that against, we have to leave > that as a subjective assessment. > > Hope that helps! > I have two devices attached - a wifi-attached multi-function and a duplexing ink-jet. I can't say that I've noticed any difference at all on the ink-jet. The all-in-one seems slower to start up, but that again is subjective. It may be the particular documents, of course. As I said, if it worked for you before you don't need to upgrade. If you had issues it's probably worth a try. But as Frank said, it hasn't been an improvement for everyone, so be prepared to remove and revert if it doesn't work. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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