Hi guys, Has anyone had good experiences with the HP Laserjet 1022 under SUSE 10? Possibly on a USB 1.1 interface? I have replace a LJ1200 for a client. The setup is somewhat complex, she logs into a Windows terminal server. Her PC runs SUSE 10.0, the printer is connected and shared through samba, and the share in return is mapped on the TS. The Laserjet 1020 apparently is similar to the 1005, which doesn't really work under linux, and doesn't even work properly when connected to a USB printserver. It seems like some or other command sent by the driver to the printer doesn't make it through the printserver (a little Netgear one, but I've tried a number of other brands). Anyway, according to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1022 the Laserjet 1022 works perfectly, but the user comments on that page is not encouraging. Thanks Hans
H du Plooy wrote:
Hi guys,
Has anyone had good experiences with the HP Laserjet 1022 under SUSE 10? Possibly on a USB 1.1 interface?
I have replace a LJ1200 for a client. The setup is somewhat complex, she logs into a Windows terminal server. Her PC runs SUSE 10.0, the printer is connected and shared through samba, and the share in return is mapped on the TS.
The Laserjet 1020 apparently is similar to the 1005, which doesn't really work under linux, and doesn't even work properly when connected to a USB printserver. It seems like some or other command sent by the driver to the printer doesn't make it through the printserver (a little Netgear one, but I've tried a number of other brands).
Anyway, according to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1022 the Laserjet 1022 works perfectly, but the user comments on that page is not encouraging.
There is help available at HP's sf.net project where the HP printer support progrects (oj, ij and other) projects got amalgamated a while back. Quite likely you will need the hpij and/or hpoj software; I was surprised when setting up a Debian box I had to do something of that kind. Note I think it more likely to work as a USB printer than otherwise.
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 16:56 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
There is help available at HP's sf.net project where the HP printer support progrects (oj, ij and other) projects got amalgamated a while back.
Quite likely you will need the hpij and/or hpoj software; I was surprised when setting up a Debian box I had to do something of that kind. I'm actually surprised at how easy a lot of things have become in Debian. When I bought my previous notebook, 2nd hand P3 at the time, I decided that I want to try something a little lighter, and also a distro
Thanks, I checked those out too. Just looking for real world SUSE-related user feedback though :-) that I can keep fairly up to date without too many hassles. Gentoo was just too much of a hassle and I didn't have much free time, so I went with Debian Etch, and I was quite impressed. Some things simply worked, other things (like the onboard winmodem that worked automatically in SUSE) I simply couldn't get going.
Note I think it more likely to work as a USB printer than otherwise. Why? I've had fewer hassles with parallel port printers than with USB.
Thanks Hans
H du Plooy wrote:
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 16:56 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
There is help available at HP's sf.net project where the HP printer support progrects (oj, ij and other) projects got amalgamated a while back.
Thanks, I checked those out too. Just looking for real world SUSE-related user feedback though :-)
If you find what they have to say, then you know what to look for in SuSE.
Quite likely you will need the hpij and/or hpoj software; I was surprised when setting up a Debian box I had to do something of that kind. I'm actually surprised at how easy a lot of things have become in Debian. When I bought my previous notebook, 2nd hand P3 at the time, I decided that I want to try something a little lighter, and also a distro that I can keep fairly up to date without too many hassles. Gentoo was just too much of a hassle and I didn't have much free time, so I went with Debian Etch, and I was quite impressed. Some things simply worked, other things (like the onboard winmodem that worked automatically in
I'd expect pretty much everything to just work in Ubuntu, and one CD the install's pretty simple. Pretty mich all of Debian's in Ubuntu's universe, so there's no shortage of alternatives and extras.
SUSE) I simply couldn't get going.
Debian doesn't do proprietary/ Therefore much wireless, many internal modems etc are dubious.
Note I think it more likely to work as a USB printer than otherwise. Why? I've had fewer hassles with parallel port printers than with USB.
You didn't say this printer does parallel. Not all contemporary printers do. That said, my Kyocera Laser does parallel, but it's on USB and WBEL refinds it if I move the cable (which I did looking for a "real" USB2 interace). I plugged an Epson Stylus C65 into a Ubuntu (Warty, the first) box (or was it Fedora Core 3? it was my laptop, I don't recall installing U on that) and a dialogue popped up for me to configure it. Didn't have a precise match, but did let me choose one "close enough." Same printer on OS X. Dialogue popped up, not the exact match, couldn't choose another. Linux 1, OS X 0.
Thanks Hans
On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 00:07 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
with Debian Etch, and I was quite impressed. Some things simply worked, other things (like the onboard winmodem that worked automatically in SUSE) I simply couldn't get going.
Debian doesn't do proprietary/ Therefore much wireless, many internal modems etc are dubious.
Well the problem there wasn't Debian, but rather the script that comes with the driver. I downloaded the tarball, and the install script hangs when detecting the hardware. The .deb package available is simply a deb file with the same stuff and it executes that same script. When you try to uninstall it does the same thing. I think SUSE wrote their own script or changed it somewhat so it works and installs/uninstalls cleanly. The modem works perfectly.
Note I think it more likely to work as a USB printer than otherwise. Why? I've had fewer hassles with parallel port printers than with USB.
You didn't say this printer does parallel. Oh, sorry, it does both.
Same printer on OS X. Dialogue popped up, not the exact match, couldn't choose another. As far as I know OSX uses cups, so you should be able to configure it by hand.
Hans
H du Plooy wrote:
As far as I know OSX uses cups, so you should be able to configure it by hand.
Probably, possibly, but that's not the OS X way, and while _I_ could probably do that, it doesn't help everyone else. One uses GUIs to configure OS X, and the GUI isn't up to it. OTOH you should see OS X do wireless! I have one AP (Linksys) at home which has WEP and does not broadcase its ESSID (station name). At work we have four (Appl Airport Extreemes) that use WEP and do broadcast their ESSID. My powerbook associates with any of them (once it's configured in the GUI to do so), with which ever has the best signal, when I open the lid after transporting it. Linux does printing that well: I took my new SUSE laptop to work and immediately had the choice of all of the printers there to print on. On OS X I have to specifcally add printers I want to use.
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