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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Hardware => Topic started by: BigGoofyGuy on July 07, 2014, 05:46:05 pm

Title: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: BigGoofyGuy on July 07, 2014, 05:46:05 pm
I have a netbook with eCS 2.2 beta on it. I connected my HP 1600 color laser jet on it. It seems to see it but does not print anything. I want to print something that is really needed.
Title: Re: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: Doug Bissett on July 07, 2014, 07:19:05 pm
eCUPS might work, but see: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/color_laserjet/hp_color_laserjet_1600.html (http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/color_laserjet/hp_color_laserjet_1600.html). It is a Linux page, but eCUPS is a Linux port, so the information should relate to your device.

For eCUPS see: http://trac.netlabs.org/ecups (http://trac.netlabs.org/ecups).
Title: Re: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: Paul Smedley on July 07, 2014, 10:09:58 pm
eCUPS might work, but see: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/color_laserjet/hp_color_laserjet_1600.html (http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/color_laserjet/hp_color_laserjet_1600.html). It is a Linux page, but eCUPS is a Linux port, so the information should relate to your device.

For eCUPS see: http://trac.netlabs.org/ecups (http://trac.netlabs.org/ecups).

It will NOT work with CUPS. From that page:
"Driver Plugin Information:
This printer REQUIRES a downloadable driver plug-in. Use hp-setup to install the printer, and to download and install the plug-in. In general, required driver plugins are required for printing support. Driver plug-ins are released under a proprietary (non-open) license and are not part of the HPLIP tarball release."
Title: Re: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: Dave Yeo on July 08, 2014, 01:36:22 am
Wonder how hard it would be to make these binary blobs work on OS/2? I guess it depends if they only interact with cups or if they have a kernel module. XFree could load Linux video drivers and use them with the Elf loader
Title: Re: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: Alex Taylor on July 09, 2014, 01:46:24 am
According to this it should work with the foo2hp package: http://foo2hp.rkkda.com/

You could try with Paul's port of foo2qpdl (available on the eCups site) which includes foo2hp.
Title: Re: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: BigGoofyGuy on September 02, 2014, 03:24:49 pm
Thank you for the help. It is appreciated.  8)
Title: Re: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: Alex Taylor on September 03, 2014, 12:59:40 pm
Thank you for the help. It is appreciated.  8)

Did you have any luck, then?
Title: Re: HP 1600 and eCS 2.2 Beta?
Post by: BigGoofyGuy on September 03, 2014, 03:19:09 pm
Having to move, the printer was too big and bulky to take with me.  :'(