Hello, On Sep 17 03:34 Fred A. Miller wrote (shortened):
... make sure the following are installed ... sane-devel
Regarding "sane-devel": You do not talk about openSUSE here? Regarding a "HP LaserJet 5 PPD": I get on my openSUSE 11.1 workstation (default installation): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- root@host# lpinfo -m | grep -i 'HP LaserJet 5 ' gutenprint/stp-pcl-5.5.0.ppd.gz HP LaserJet 5 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 HP/LaserJet_5-lj4dith.ppd.gz HP LaserJet 5 Foomatic/lj4dith HP/LaserJet_5-lj5gray.ppd.gz HP LaserJet 5 Foomatic/lj5gray HP/LaserJet_5-ljet4.ppd.gz HP LaserJet 5 Foomatic/ljet4 HP/LaserJet_5-pxlmono.ppd.gz HP LaserJet 5 Foomatic/pxlmono ---------------------------------------------------------------------- None of them uses HPLIP. Therefore for a "HP LaserJet 5" HPLIP is not needed, see also http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_5 Of course HPLIP supports various "HP LaserJet 5..." models, use http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html Additionally have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility and regarding printer setup and "If problems are encountered" see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org