Wireless printer with Linux compatibility

[Rob Dawson]

That makes sense.........I think.  :-)

It seems quite bizarre that HP doesn't support OpenOffice docs in it's 
ePrint capability (I checked the wiki and some forums and you are 
correct, although many complain about it) but it does support them when 
sending to it's ePrint Public Printing locations!

What the?


On 16/10/12 09:53, Boden Matthews wrote:
> It prints OO docs fine, but it won't accept them as printable if you 
> email the document to the printer instead of printing directly from 
> the PC.
>
> Regards,
> Boden Matthews,
> http://bodenm.wordpress.com <http://bodenm.wordpress.com/>
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2012 09:49, Rob Dawson <radawson at netspace.net.au 
> <mailto:radawson at netspace.net.au>> wrote:
>
>     That sounds weird that it won't print OO docs Boden, my HP's have
>     always printed any type of document.  Do you have hp-lip installed?
>
>     Rather than wait for the mods, here is what I posted earlier:
>
>     I only use HP printers because I find they have the best support
>     for Linux and a system tray app that works well.  I have been
>     using Ubuntu for about 7 years and HP printers (wireless and
>     cabled) for about 5 of those without any hassles (I threw out the
>     Epson and Canon printers because they just didn't play as well).
>
>     The main thing I need to do with each new printer is make sure the
>     connection is setup correctly otherwise it can have problems
>     scanning, throwing a lot of "Device not found" IO errors.  To get
>     them both working (printer and scanner) I create separate printer
>     connections for both.  Here is a link to the screenshots showing
>     the different connections:
>
>     Printer Setup
>     <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1590391/Printer/Screenshot%20from%202012-10-16%2007%3A29%3A29.png>
>
>     Scanner Setup
>     <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1590391/Printer/Screenshot%20from%202012-10-16%2007%3A30%3A00.png>
>
>     Both connections use the same driver but I find doing it this way
>     gets both working flawlessly every time.  There are other ways to
>     do it I'm sure but this works for me.  Hope this helps.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Rob
>
>
>     On 16/10/12 09:37, Boden Matthews wrote:
>>     At home, I have a HP Photosmart Premium C310 that has WiFi, I had
>>     no issues connecting to it and printing from it. It's got
>>     internet connectivity as well, so worst case scenario and you
>>     can't connect to it, you can just email whatever you needed to
>>     print to it and it will print it (after a 1-2min delay). I've
>>     emailed it Word documents and PDFs that printed fine, but it
>>     doesn't like OpenOffice docs unless they're saved in PDF or Word
>>     format, which is kind of annoying.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Boden Matthews,
>>     http://bodenm.wordpress.com <http://bodenm.wordpress.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 16 October 2012 09:11, Rob Dawson <radawson at netspace.net.au
>>     <mailto:radawson at netspace.net.au>> wrote:
>>
>>         I did reply Jim but I included a couple of screenshots and it
>>         appears my reply is being held for the mods to approve. Not
>>         sure if you can include images in this forum?  If it bounces
>>         I'll resend you the reply with a link. Short answer - HP is
>>         the only way to go for Linux printing and wireless is no
>>         problem, I've been using their printers for 5 years on Linux.
>>
>>         Cheers,
>>
>>         Rob
>>
>>         On 16/10/12 09:01, Paul Gear wrote:
>>>         On 10/16/2012 05:41 AM, Jim Tippett wrote:
>>>>         I intend to purchase a wireless printer for our home
>>>>         network.  We use Ubuntu 12.04, Peppermint 3 and Windows 7.
>>>>         Was thinking about the HP Officejet Pro 8600 and wonder if
>>>>         anyone has some experience they can share.
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>         Jim Tippett
>>>>
>>>
>>>         I haven't used any wireless printers, but i recommend
>>>         checking out the OpenPrinting database:
>>>         http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/database/databaseintro
>>>
>>>
>>>         In general, HP seem to be pretty good with providing info to
>>>         Linux developers, but there are some exceptions.
>>>
>>>         Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
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