[cups] HPLIP: 2 drivers, 1 is problematic
Grant
emailgrant at gmail.com
Thu Jan 8 11:26:19 PST 2015
>> I have the latest version of HPLIP installed and I added a new printer
>> to CUPS which is an HP LaserJet 400 M401dne. Two relevant drivers
>> appear in CUPS:
>>
>> - HP LaserJet 400 M401dne USB PHGFC47100 HPLIP (HP LaserJet 400 M401dne)
>>
>> - HP LaserJet 400 M401dne (HP LaserJet 400 M401dne)
>>
>> The first one is the default but it causes a 3-second pause in between
>> printing jobs. The second one prints without the pause. Does anyone
>> know why this happens, how to fix the first driver, or how to
>> configure CUPS to default to the second driver?
>
>
> One cannot configure CUPS to prefer a particular driver.
>
> Printer drivers are not part of CUPS.
I was wrong, it's not the printer driver, it's the CUPS connection
method. If the connection is hp:/ then I have the problematic pause.
If the connection is usb:// then there is no pause. Can I blacklist
hp:/ connections?
- Grant
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