Getting an HP PhotoSmart C3140 All in one working.

[Ron Morse]

As a former Warp user myself, I salute you!

Ron Morse

On Saturday 02 September 2006 22:17, Bry Melvin wrote:
> Ron Morse <rbmorse at comcast.net> wrote: Thank you for
> tracking this down. Sounds like a candidate for the bug
> list
>
> HMM I tried to submit a bug report Alas it wouldn't go
> through as I couldn't get it to accept the hpilp-base and
> hpilp-data packages as Valid Ubuntu packages.
>
> even copying and pasting the package name from synaptic
> didn't work! So it wouldn't accept the bug report because
> of an Invalid field!
>
> Seems strange as this is a basic install supported set of
> packages!
>
> It seems trying to submit a bug report is more difficult
> than compiling a package yourself. This is
> counterproductive if they want the bug reports from new
> users/companies migrating from other systems.
>
> Maybe I'll write an article and put it on my website....I
> used to do this for UnixOS2 items
>
> Is writing a Wiki article easier? I haven't done that yet
> either, On OS/2 I used to place links to articles I wrote
> on prominent OS/2 sites and place the article on my own
> domain space, As of yet I've been too busy migrating all
> our systems to Ubuntu to get involved much. RBM
>
> On Saturday 02 September 2006 18:47, Bry Melvin wrote:
> > Recently after checking the HPILP site and
> > documentation in Ubuntu/Kubuntu I purchased one of
> > these devices.
> >
> > Just Working was out of the question though:-(
>
> SNIP
>
> > apparently the Ubuntu repository versions of HPILP are
> > missing a few pieces needed to scan.
> >
> > Please excuse the double posting on Kubuntu and Ubuntu.
> > I thought this was significant enough after two days of
> > trying to find why the HPILP docs in Ubuntu said it
> > would work and then it didn't.
> >
> > Bryann