hplip: hp-toolbox advertising?

Denis Leroy denis at poolshark.org
Thu Mar 29 08:10:00 UTC 2007


Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 3/28/07, Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 28 March 2007 20:08:47 Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> > HP USB printers can be addressed by 2 ways:
>> > * the default CUPS usb:/ transport
>> > * the hplip hp:/ transport
>> > With the usb:/ transport, printing will work, but anything beyond that
>> > won't. (In particular, hp-toolbox doesn't list the printer if it's
>> > configured with a usb:/ URI.)
>>
>> I guess my point here is that how is an end user supposed to know 
>> this, when
>> it isn't integrated correctly into the tool set we're putting out for
>> managing printers on the desktop.
> 
> When I said CUPS, i meant that generally, not specially using your
> browser on port 631. 

Going to http://localhost:631/, I can't help but notice that this page 
contains the trademarked logo of ESP as well as advertisement for their 
support and pro products :-)




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