[cups.general] Unable to print to USB

[Michael Sweet]

On Feb 24, 2010, at 3:16 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote:
> ...
>> You cannot scan while printing even if you are using the hp backend.
> 
> Of course scanning and printing are mutual exclusive
> but I never tested if mutual exclusion works well
> when for printing the libusb based CUPS "usb" backend
> is used and - while printing is active - a scanning attempt
> is done and vice versa.

This is a particular implementation limitation in HP's software and hardware, but is not a limitation in general - there are many network MFDs (including some from HP) that can scan and print at the same time, and of course many MFDs also support making copies from the scanner... :)

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer



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