HPLIP and HP Photosmart D7260

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rebbi1
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HPLIP and HP Photosmart D7260

#1 Post by rebbi1 »

Hi,

After searching in the forums and a lot of mucking around, I actually have my HP Photosmart D7260 printer working via either a direct USB connection or (drum roll!) wirelessly over my Airport wireless network with an Ethernet connection to the Airport base station. Cool! :)

I'm using the "downgraded" 1.3.9 CUPS under Puppy 4.2, along with the HPJIS driver set from the 4.x repositories.

What I want to know is whether I can now install HPLIP so I get HP's Linux control center program, which I used briefly under Sidux and was pretty cool, showing ink levels, cartridge alignment and so on. Can I just install the HPLIP Lite pup over what I have now? Or should I just not fix it if it ain't broke? :lol:
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disciple
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#2 Post by disciple »

I don't think HPLIP lite has a control centre or anything - you need the monster HPLIP for that.
I don't see any reason why installing HPLIP should break your system.
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rebbi1
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#3 Post by rebbi1 »

disciple wrote:I don't think HPLIP lite has a control centre or anything - you need the monster HPLIP for that.
I don't see any reason why installing HPLIP should break your system.
Disciple,

Thanks very much. If I can install it over my current system, and trash it if it screws things up, I'll give it a go.
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