hplip: no way to clean cartridges on a server

[Mark Purcell]

From: "brian m. carlson" <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: hplip: no way to clean cartridges on a server
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:02:44 +0000
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Package: hplip
Version: 3.10.6-1
Severity: wishlist

I have a server on my network that, among other things, runs a copy of
cups for my DeskJet 5740. This allows people on the network to print
over IPP. However, installing the hplip package brings in a huge number
of dependencies that simply are not appropriate for a server, such as
consolekit (since nobody is ever logged in at the console).

I have the printer set up fine with hplip-cups and a PPD. However, if I
temporarily install hplip (in order to run hp-clean or such), hp-clean
does not work, which I presume is due to not using the hp backend.

I'd prefer that you provide a way to maintain the printer on a server
without involving the installation of huge amounts of useless (and
potentially buggy) packages. It would be fine with me if I only needed
to install hplip on a desktop or laptop connected to the network, as
long as I didn't need to install it on the server. It would also be
fine with me if I could install the utilities and relevant backend on
the server without all the baggage[0] coming along.

The information below is irrelevant since it belongs to my laptop, not
my server.

[0] That is, policykit and libsane. This is a server with a printer,
not a desktop with an all-in-one.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-rc6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages hplip depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii coreutils 8.5-1 GNU core utilities
ii cups 1.4.4-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii cups-client 1.4.4-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii hplip-cups 3.10.6-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - CU
ii hplip-data 3.10.6-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - da
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcups2 1.4.4-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libhpmud0 3.10.6-1 HP Multi-Point Transport Driver (h
ii libsane 1.0.21-3 API library for scanners
ii libsane-hpaio 3.10.6-1 HP SANE backend for multi-function
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-1 SSL shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii policykit-1 0.96-2 framework for managing administrat
ii python 2.6.5-10 interactive high-level object-orie
ii python-dbus 0.83.1-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii python-imaging 1.1.7-2 Python Imaging Library
ii python-pexpect 2.3-1 Python module for automating inter
ii python-support 1.0.9 automated rebuilding support for P

Versions of packages hplip recommends:
ii avahi-daemon 0.6.27-1 Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii sane-utils 1.0.21-3 API library for scanners -- utilit

Versions of packages hplip suggests:
pn hplip-doc <none> (no description available)
pn hplip-gui <none> (no description available)
pn kdeprint | gtklp | xpp <none> (no description available)
ii python-notify 0.1.1-2+b2 Python bindings for libnotify

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