Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1556 mails)

[Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@xxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On Feb 9 19:40 M. Fioretti wrote:
> From: 
> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/18972-18972-236251-14438-3328074-468001.html
>
> [HP Deskjet 6940 Printer] "Media sensor detects paper type and
> automatically sets print quality to ensure optimal results"

As far as I know the sensor detects basically the light reflection
and if it detects a certain amount of glossiness the sensor-magic
assumes it is photo paper. I.e. if the non-HP photo paper is matt,
the sensor-magic might fail to detect it as photo paper.


> So it does seem possible (especially when the same company
> makes both the sensor and the paper).

For now I think this is conspiracy theory.

In any case, remember what I already wrote here on 2 Feb:
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Regarding the question if certain HP printers may not feed
non-HP paper for whatever special print mode, best ask
HP directly for example via
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/support.html
provided you use the HPLIP driver.
To make sure you use the HPLIP driver, set up a
print queue by HP's own setup tool "hp-setup".
To do this, best run "hp-setup" directly as root.
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Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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