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BigBadPenguin

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2004-03-03

Posts: 51

HPOJ ptal printer daemon for Arch

Hi all, I still haven't managed to make a nice pacman package for the HPOJ driver (useful for multifunction HP printers) but I did make this daemon to put in /etc/rc.d/ to make it start with the Arch look. Bear in mind you might have to edit it for your own configuration; my HPOJ driver is installed the old fashioned way from source.
If you think this might be useful get it here and put it in /etc/rc.d/ . Remember to put it in the daemons array *before* cups! Please check it over before you install it, but it works for me

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: HPOJ ptal printer daemon for Arch

i have hpoj in my repo
perhaps can you have a look at it and test it
feedback is very welcome
i don't know if usb devices work with it
i can't test it, i disabled libusb due compilation problems

BigBadPenguin

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2004-03-03

Posts: 51

Re: HPOJ ptal printer daemon for Arch

i have hpoj in my repo
perhaps can you have a look at it and test it

I'd be very glad to, but I'm using a USB only printer. Anyway, where can I find your repository?

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: HPOJ ptal printer daemon for Arch

ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/tur/tpowa

BigBadPenguin

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2004-03-03

Posts: 51

Re: HPOJ ptal printer daemon for Arch

Right, sorry, I had an old list of TURS. Congrats on making the grade
You're right, your package didn't work for a PSC750 connected by USB. Could I maybe see your PKGBUILD? I managed to compile it in the end, when I first installed hpoj, and managed everything except getting it to install to a userspecified location. I could probably make a usb compatible package if you'd give me that. Cheers!

tpowa

Developer

From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: HPOJ ptal printer daemon for Arch

# Contributor : Tobias Powalowski

pkgname=hpoj
pkgver=0.91
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Linux support for most Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet, PSC, LaserJet, and PhotoSmart printer multi-function peripherals (MFPs), which depending on the model can print, scan, copy, fax, and/or access digital camera memory cards"
url="http://hpoj.sourceforge.net"
depends=('qt' 'perl')
source=(http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/hpoj/$pkgname-$pkgver.tgz)
md5sums='0e083aeab9b00495aa433fa9465456e0'

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
   ./configure --without-libusb --prefix=/usr
   make || return 1
   make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr user_install
}