[cups.general] Annoying CUPS messages

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Mon Jan 4 10:39:05 PST 2010


On Jan 4, 2010, at 4:01 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> ...
> But what exactly is the relation between hplip and CUPS?

hplip is a software package that provides support for HP printers and interfaces for CUPS. It is developed and supported separately from CUPS...

> As far as I could see, hplip (or maybe hpijs)
> provided a PPD file for my HP printer.
> 
> Can I turn off hplip without affecting CUPS use of the printer?

I don't know - HP can probably answer this, however (http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html)

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer







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