Re: [SLE] HP Officejet Pro K550

15 Mar 2006

      Dear anonymous user,

are you the same who posted on the CUPS mailing list?

On Mar 14 20:03 Doctor Who wrote (shortened):
...
I'm trying to get this printer working on my SUSE Linux 10.0 box.  I
have installed the hplip package and through the CUPS web admin
interface i have configured the printer to use "HP OfficeJet
Foomatic/hpijs" for the model/driver since there is no driver
specifically for this model.  The test page prints, but in black only
- no color is present.
Regardless who you are, here my answer from the CUPS mailing list:

Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:37:16 +0100 (CET)
From: Johannes Meixner 
To: Mirror of cups.general Newsgroup 
Subject: Re: [cups.general] HP Officejet Pro K550

Hello,

On Mar 14 16:24 Trey Sizemore wrote (shortened):
...
HP Officejet Pro K550
SUSE Linux 10.0
not seeing the model/driver listed.
Is there a comparable model/driver I'm supposed to use.
The HPIJS driver (included in HPLIP) supports it.
This driver uses so called device classes or "print classes"
where each class is for one set of compatible models.

First see the HPIJS/HPLIP documentation of the hplip package
which is installed on your particular system:
file:///usr/share/doc/packages/hplip/hplip_readme.html
"4 Product Support"
Here the "Officejet Pro K550" is not listed.
But it is listed for the newest HPLIP version at HP:
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/hplip_readme.html
This shows that the "Officejet_Pro_K550" belongs to the
"DJGenericVIP" print class.

Printing should work even with your installed HPLIP version
when you select any model which also belongs to this class
and which is listed in your
file:///usr/share/doc/packages/hplip/hplip_readme.html

For details about the "DJGenericVIP" print class see
file:///usr/share/doc/packages/hplip/hpijs-2.1.4/hpijs_readme.html
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... DJGenericVIP ...
DeviceModel
     dj450
     deskjet 5100
     deskjet 5550
     deskjet 5551
     deskjet 5600
     deskjet 5800
     deskjet 9600
     Photosmart 320
     Photosmart 330
     Photosmart 370
     Photosmart 380
     photosmart 7150
     photosmart 7260
     photosmart 7268
     photosmart 7345
     photosmart 7350
     photosmart 7550
     photosmart 7660
     photosmart 7760
     photosmart 7960
     OfficeJet 6100
     OfficeJet 6150
     PSC 2100
     PSC 2150
     PSC 2170
     PSC 2200
     psc 2300
     psc 2400
     psc 2500
     hp business inkjet 1100
     HP Business Inkjet 1200
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Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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