Bug 97114

Summary:	[KDE4] integration of hplip user tool
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Thorsten Schnebeck <thorsten.schnebeck>
Component:	print-dialog	Assignee:	KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	jlayt, mte90net
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	All
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Description Thorsten Schnebeck 2005-01-16 02:05:37 UTC

Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

HP has released a very feature complete version of their printer and psc-office-device driver called hplip.
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/updates.php

Part of hplip-0.8.4 is a user control program for printing, scanning and storage device mounting. This control program has a complete support for cups job control, printer status, ink level control, head alignment etc. It would be nice if this program witten in pyqt could be integrated into kdeprint.
A note about integration: Now it is quite strange that a hp-printer get access by an epson ink level control program which is part of my distribution. When supporting printer control programs in kdeprint these should be setup by device not for all printers.

Bye

  Thorsten

Comment 1 Manuel López-Ibáñez 2006-05-08 16:01:26 UTC

The new url of the project is http://hplip.sourceforge.net

Comment 2 David Anderson 2006-05-18 12:25:06 UTC

I came here to file the same idea.

The hplip toolset now covers a whole range of HP laserjets and inkjets, reporting ink levels, colour calibration, display of front panel and all kinds of stuff. Run "hp-toolbox" to get an idea of what it can do for your printer.

It would be good as a beginning to get ink level reporting for HP printers (at the moment, you have to run a test page, or know that the hp-* command-line tools exist).

Comment 3 Daniele Scasciafratte 2012-07-12 19:42:48 UTC

hplip have a gui with qt now.
integrate this wish in print-manager?

Comment 4 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-14 16:17:59 UTC

Hi,

kdelibs (version 4 and earlier) is no longer maintained since a few years.

KDE Frameworks 5 or 6 might already have implemented this wish.

If not, please re-open against the matching framework if feasible or against the application that shows the issue.

We then can still dispatch it to the right Bugzilla product or component.

Greetings
Christoph Cullmann