HP OfficeJet Linux driver

[Joseph I. Davida]

Thanks Duane. I will try it.
However, I still need to point hpoj in
that direction to link up with that lib.

Cheers,

Joe

Duane H. Hesser wrote:
> On 05-Aug-2003 Volker Stolz wrote:
> ...
> 
>>"hpoj versions 0.8 and 0.90 don't support USB connectivity on non-Linux operating
>>systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. However, the latest code in CVS
>>"should" support platforms that support libusb, but this has not yet been verified.
>>Success or failure reports would be greatly appreciated."
> 
> ...
> 
>>Regards,
>>  Volker
>>-- 
> 
> 
> The "libusb" mentioned above is (probably) not the libusb distributed with FreeBSD.
> I'm guessing a bit, but there is a separate, Linux-oriented libusb which is used
> (at least) for a usb-enabled version of "photopc".  I've been using that version
> of photopc for a couple of years now to download from my Nikon990.
> 
> It seems reasonable to assume that this version of libusb (patched to support
> FreeBSD) is probably what the hpoj port wants in order to support USB.  I don't
> know this for a fact, but you might want to check it out if you still want to
> enable USB in hpoj.
> 
> You can find links to (the FreeBSD-patched version of) libusb on the photopc/USB
> page at
> 
> http://www.math.ualberta.ca/imaging/
> 
> There is also a later patch there to accommodate some symbol name changes for
> FreeBSD 4.6 and later.
> 
>