Ubuntu
foo2zjs package

  1. Bug #65618
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 65618

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote : Re: Package broken/incomplete, missing firmware files

Update of the state of this bug report:

The HP LaserJet 1000, 1005, 1018, and 1020 are cheapo lasers, which need their firmware loaded whenever they are turned on.

Remaining problem with the current Ubuntu foo2zjs package (20060625dfsg-2) is that the automatic firmware upload via UDEV does not work.

I have made a new package

debdiff:
http://www.freestandards.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/edgy/foo2zjs/foo2zjs_20060625dfsg-2ubuntu1.debdiff

Sources:
http://www.freestandards.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/edgy/foo2zjs/

Binary (i386):
http://www.freestandards.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/edgy/foo2zjs/binary/

which solves the problem. The changes are only on the UDEV rules (to avoid conflicts with other UDEV rules and to work with the newest UDEV) and on the installation (in debian/rules file, some links were missing). See debdiff.

So my package needs to be put into Edgy (freeze exception) so that the firmware upload works automatically whenever the printer is turned on and once the firmware file is placed in /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/. The foo2zjs driver itself is not modified, so support for other printers cannot break by this change.

Therefore I have reopened the foo2zjs case ("in progress").