Phil Schaffner wrote:
<snip>
>Well - has been quite a bit longer, but if you're still waiting, can
>report that I just got a new HP OfficeJet 5610 today and it worked out-
>of-the-box with the 5500 driver, but when I went searching for scanner
>support and utilities and found the same conflicts you encountered.
>Fortunately, Fedora has advanced since October '05 and the following
>packages from the FC4 repo rebuild from *.src.rpm and work on CentOS4:
>
>system-config-printer-0.6.131.3-1
>libsane-hpaio-0.9.7-4.2
>hplip-0.9.7-4.2
>hpijs-0.9.7-4.2
>
>Sources:
>system-config-printer-0.6.131.3-1.src.rpm
>hplip-0.9.7-4.2.src.rpm
>
>The pre-requisites mentioned for Fedora on
>http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/install.php
>seem to work fine. No need to even remove hpijs. Scanner and tools
>seem fully functional.
>
>Phil
>
>
>
Thanks again! I waited until after my weekly backup, built & installed
the rpms, reconfigured my printer and it works like a champ. Has anyone
else noticed that printer setup is less challenging than it was with RH6.0?
