Why are there 2 printer daemons running by default?

[Jelle de Jong]

Joachim Ziegler wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I've just installed the latest Xubuntu Feisty Fawn and I'm wondering why 
> there is a cupsd and an hplipd running. Does this not contradict 
> Xubuntu's philosphy of being as lean as possible?
> 
> Do you expect more than 50 % of Xubuntu users to have an HP device 
> attached to their computer?
> 
> Greetings,
> Joachim

I run cups tho manage my printers. I have 3 of them; two hp laser
printers they are working with Ethernet and one hp all-in-one usb
printer. The laserprinters work with cups alone but the usb printer
needs the hplib to be able to print and scan. So I only load the hplib
when i need the hp usb printer. But I always need cups. So hplib is only
a system to get some hp printers and scanner working with cups. It is
not a substitute of cups for hp printers!

Best regards,

Jelle