HP Linux Imaging and Printing Driver Project consists of two projects:

1) HPIJS, a printer driver for HP devices

2) HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP), a complete printing and imaging solution for Linux (note: HPLIP includes HPIJS).

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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Significant Changes:

· Auto-detection and installation of missing plug-ins

Added Support for the Following New Printers:

· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M601n
· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M601dn
· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M602n
· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M602dn
· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M602x
· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M603n
· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M603dn
· HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M603xh
· HP LaserJet 200 color MFP M275nw
· HP LaserJet 200 color MFP M275s
· HP LaserJet 200 color MFP M275t
· HP LaserJet 200 color MFP M275u
· HP Photosmart 5510d e-All-in-One

Added support for the following new Distro's:

· Ubuntu 11.10
· Fedora 16.0
· OpenSUSE 12.1
· Debian 6.0.3

Launchpad bugs fixed:

· 177307 Fixed the missing library issue found in Ubuntu 11.10 x86_64 bit OS (copying of .so files into /usr/lib/ rather in /usr/lib64/)
· 625106 Fixed duplex job page ordering issue for HP LaserJet Professional p1606dn
· 105443 Added speciality media tray option for Photosmart Pro B8800 Series Printers
· 891217 Corrected tray options for LaserJet cm2320XXX printer series
· 850346 Segmentation fault occurs when tried to fax a file having filenames with special characters or unicode characters
· 693070 Uses D-Bus from separate threads without locking
· 689755 hpaio segfault on invalid URI
· 673964 ui4.setupdialog.SetupDialog emits SIGNALs the PyQt3 way
· 674450 hp-fab crashes when run as root
· 512464 SYSFS is removed from udev rules
· 173534 Notifies if user doesn't have sudo permissions during HPLIP installation
· 890684 hpcups in 3.11.7 and 3.11.10 doesn't respect top margin

Issues fixed:

· Plugin does not match the digital signature, message pops up when tried to install the plug-in
· "hp-levels" command does not give any details about cartridges when executed from terminal
· An "unexcepted error" message dialogue pops up and OpenOffice crashes when change "Device used" option from default printer to the other network printer in OpenOffice application
· Two instances in a single viewer when scan from ADF and resolution as 600 dpi
· Unable to perform scan from ADF with "lineart" mode with 1200 dpi resolution
· Error message displays in terminal when execute wireless configuration with OfficeJet 4500 G510n-z printer

Detailed Change Log:

· Designed tool to detect the missing plugin files and intimate user about it and giving the path forward to install it
· Provided the workaround to fix top margin issue in printers LaserJet p2XXX,p4XXX,m1522nf by making first pixel of the first raster line to black in order to make skipcount work
· Added a lambda function to check the incoming arguments for string/unicode and processes the arguments accordingly
· Scan resolution list updated for Flatbed and ADF by querying from scan supported devices
· Fixed duplex job page ordering issue for HP LaserJet Professional p1606dn by swapping raster pages from 1 2 3 4 to 2 1 4 3 etc as device expects pages in that order