Please backport Hplip

[Herczeg Zsolt]

Please backport hplip 3.10.9 to Ubuntu 10.04 if it's possible.

Now only the hplip 3.10.2 available, which is not support my printer. The documentation saids, hplip 3.10.9 is supports my printer.

I've tried to install it directly from source (http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/) but I can't use the sane with this new version of hplip

[Herczeg Zsolt (herczegzsolt)]

Hi!

A I found a way to install hplip 3.10.9 to an Ubuntu 10.04
First i purged and then installed hplip and sane (and also the related) packages, to have they clean.
Than I used the .run installer from the hplip.

After that, i had to set up my printer with hp-setup utility, and then everything works fine.

That was the workaround. You may can make a package, which is easier to do this.

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

new hpijs 3.10.9 driver packages would also fix some bugs in Ubuntu 10.x, for example bug #693922 :)
I've backported new hpijs 3.10.9 packages from Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and tested a little bit - now scanning works with HP LaserJet M1212nf

New hpijs driver packages for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS can be downloaded from Baltix GNU/Linux repository (ppa:baltix/ppa), see:
https://launchpad.net/~baltix/+archive/ppa

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Btw, there are lots of fixes in hpijs software since hpijs version 3.10.2, which is in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - see http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149981

I'm pasting most important ones:

#HPLIP 3.10.9 - This release has the following changes:

Significant Changes:
New Scan protocol(Low End Data Model)support

Added Support for the Following New Printers:
- HP Designjet 4500ps
- HP Designjet 4500mfp
- HP Designjet T1100ps 24in
- HP Designjet T1100ps 44in
- HP Designjet T1120ps 24in
- HP Designjet T1120ps 44in
- HP Designjet T770ps 24in
- HP Deskjet 1000 J110 series
- HP Deskjet 2000 J210 series
- HP Deskjet 3000 J310 series
- HP Deskjet 3050 J610 series
- HP Envy 100 D410 series
- HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z
- HP Officejet 7500 E910
- HP Officejet pro 8500 A910
- HP Photosmart eStn C510 series
- HP Photosmart Plus B210 series
- HP Photosmart Prem C310 series
- HP Photosmart Prem C410 series

Launchpad bugs fixed:
490592 - 'make' command failed with status code 2
418053 - State reason changes missed due to missing newline on stderr
598902 - Confusing printer properties for HP 2605
438765 - Incorrect error handling when device reconnected
349539 - REGRESSION: Do not cripple the "Nickname:" entries of the PPDs
564208 - HP_officejet_pro_17600 prints backwards autoduplex
441849 - hpijs.cpp fprintf segfault
418524 - base/.py should be listed as DAT not SCRIPTSin Makefile.am
291002 - Cartridges are reported incorrectly in the "supplies" section of hp-toolbox

Issues fixed:
- HPLIP to automatically detect and intimate user for adding to required groups
- HP LaserJet P3010 Printer hangs on launching "hp-toolbox"
- Selecting "Long Edge (Standard)" option while performing duplex printing does not impact the printing
- Three options are duplicated in "Print Setting" dialog
- Unexpected error pops up when execute "hp-printsettings --qt4"
- "Scan Job Completed" status is not shown in the status tab even after clicking the Refresh button
- "Scan error" message is displayed on device while performing the scan job
- Correct information is not displayed in the "Supplies tab" when any cartridge is removed or missing
- Fax dialing not happened from the sending device for all file formats except tiff
- Unable to send fax with HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 A909n and HP Photosmart c309a device in non-interactive mode on Fedora 11
- An error message displays to say the file is a non-allowed mime-type when send fax in non-interactive mode
- The "hp-faxsetup" displays as "hp-hp-faxsetup" unexpectedly
- The options "-p<printer>" and "-f<fax" of "hp-setup" do not take effect
- Missing the string "Requires Proprietory Plugin" for some printers
- Postscript PPD has distinction for Text, Graphics & Photo objects
- When input "hp-clean-h" in terminal, help content of "hp-colorcal" displays unexpectedly

Detailed Change Log:
- Fixed the problem with sending fax in a non-interactive mode
- Renamed Python10:Normal subclass to Python:NoMaxDPI and modified other entries accordingly
- Added SubTech classes for Python 10 and restructured the options properly within correct scope
- Removed Max DPI from HP Photosmart eStn C510 Series and HP Photosmart Prem C310 Series as FW crash is observe...

[Herczeg Zsolt (herczegzsolt)]

Thank you very much Mantas Kriaučiūnas!

I'll test your package too, and report the bugs, if i find any.