Demosthenes

I'm getting a HP C7280 all-in-one as HP seem to have the best Linux
drivers.

Particularly I am curious how much difficulty I will have interfacing
with XSane (by the printers wireless / Ethernet connection) and if XSane
can output / convert to PDF as the printer will not scan to PDF.

Stephan Rose

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:43:04 +0000, Demosthenes wrote:

> I'm getting a HP C7280 all-in-one as HP seem to have the best Linux
> drivers.
>
> Particularly I am curious how much difficulty I will have interfacing
> with XSane (by the printers wireless / Ethernet connection) and if XSane
> can output / convert to PDF as the printer will not scan to PDF.

While I can't speak for XSane specifically, don't even own a scanner, I
can say that so far I've never had problems printing in any application
to a PDF file.

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

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君のこと忘れたときがないから

Demosthenes

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:03:31 -0600, Stephan Rose wrote:
F.
>
> While I can't speak for XSane specifically, don't even own a scanner, I
> can say that so far I've never had problems printing in any application
> to a PDF file.

So there must be some application or some way to write a scrip to either
manually or automatically take incoming JPEGs and turn them in to PDFs.
Does not sound like a show stopper any way.

Mark South

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:34:35 +0000, Demosthenes wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:03:31 -0600, Stephan Rose wrote:
> F.
>>
>> While I can't speak for XSane specifically, don't even own a scanner, I
>> can say that so far I've never had problems printing in any application
>> to a PDF file.
>
> So there must be some application or some way to write a scrip to either
> manually or automatically take incoming JPEGs and turn them in to PDFs.
> Does not sound like a show stopper any way.

I'm nowehre near a scanner right now, but I'm pretty certain that Xsane
will output postscript if it won't do pdf directly. In which case, ps2pdf
is your friend.

ray

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:43:04 +0000, Demosthenes wrote:

> I'm getting a HP C7280 all-in-one as HP seem to have the best Linux
> drivers.
>
> Particularly I am curious how much difficulty I will have interfacing
> with XSane (by the printers wireless / Ethernet connection) and if XSane
> can output / convert to PDF as the printer will not scan to PDF.

IMHO - it's a lot easier to work a scanner and a printer rather than an
all-in-one. BTW - Epson also has excellent support - see avasys.jp/english.

Night0wl

Demosthenes wrote:
> I'm getting a HP C7280 all-in-one as HP seem to have the best Linux
> drivers.
>
> Particularly I am curious how much difficulty I will have interfacing
> with XSane (by the printers wireless / Ethernet connection) and if XSane
> can output / convert to PDF as the printer will not scan to PDF.

If I'm not mistaken, XSANE is a SCANNER package. I run my Lexmark Z35
printer with CUPS, and my HP ScanJet 2300c flatbed scanner with XSANE,
and have no problems printing directly from scan, or saving the document
and printing later.

Cheers;

Ed

Night0wl

Demosthenes wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:03:31 -0600, Stephan Rose wrote:
> F.
>> While I can't speak for XSane specifically, don't even own a scanner, I
>> can say that so far I've never had problems printing in any application
>> to a PDF file.
>
> So there must be some application or some way to write a scrip to either
> manually or automatically take incoming JPEGs and turn them in to PDFs.
> Does not sound like a show stopper any way.

CUPS will print to a PDF. What's the issue?

Cheers;

Ed

Joe

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:35:12 -0700, ray wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:43:04 +0000, Demosthenes wrote:
>
>> I'm getting a HP C7280 all-in-one as HP seem to have the best Linux
>> drivers.
>>
>> Particularly I am curious how much difficulty I will have interfacing
>> with XSane (by the printers wireless / Ethernet connection) and if
>> XSane can output / convert to PDF as the printer will not scan to PDF.
>
> IMHO - it's a lot easier to work a scanner and a printer rather than an
> all-in-one. BTW - Epson also has excellent support - see
> avasys.jp/english.

I'd be interested to hear why you think that, out of curiosity...

I use an HP PSC1610, and I found it to be wonderfully easy to install
(plug in the USB cable). To scan, I open the flatbed, place the document
on it, open Xsane, and it works. If I plug in a memory card, they mount
automagically to my desktop. Can't see how anything could be easier, and
this certainly takes less desk space...




--
Joe - Registered Linux User #449481
joe at hits - buffalo dot com
"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..." - Danny, American History X

Christopher Hunter

Joe wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:35:12 -0700, ray wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:43:04 +0000, Demosthenes wrote:
>>
>>> I'm getting a HP C7280 all-in-one as HP seem to have the best Linux
>>> drivers.
>>>
>>> Particularly I am curious how much difficulty I will have interfacing
>>> with XSane (by the printers wireless / Ethernet connection) and if
>>> XSane can output / convert to PDF as the printer will not scan to PDF.
>>
>> IMHO - it's a lot easier to work a scanner and a printer rather than an
>> all-in-one. BTW - Epson also has excellent support - see
>> avasys.jp/english.
>
> I'd be interested to hear why you think that, out of curiosity...
>
> I use an HP PSC1610, and I found it to be wonderfully easy to install
> (plug in the USB cable). To scan, I open the flatbed, place the document
> on it, open Xsane, and it works. If I plug in a memory card, they mount
> automagically to my desktop. Can't see how anything could be easier, and
> this certainly takes less desk space...

I have an HP PSC 2355 "all in one" beside me right now. HP have Linux
drivers for almost all their products on their site. The HP Linux drivers
work perfectly, and XSane has no problems with the scanner functions.

C.

Moog

Christopher Hunter illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Joe wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:35:12 -0700, ray wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:43:04 +0000, Demosthenes wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm getting a HP C7280 all-in-one as HP seem to have the best Linux
>>>> drivers.
>>>>
>>>> Particularly I am curious how much difficulty I will have interfacing
>>>> with XSane (by the printers wireless / Ethernet connection) and if
>>>> XSane can output / convert to PDF as the printer will not scan to PDF.
>>>
>>> IMHO - it's a lot easier to work a scanner and a printer rather than an
>>> all-in-one. BTW - Epson also has excellent support - see
>>> avasys.jp/english.
>>
>> I'd be interested to hear why you think that, out of curiosity...
>>
>> I use an HP PSC1610, and I found it to be wonderfully easy to install
>> (plug in the USB cable). To scan, I open the flatbed, place the document
>> on it, open Xsane, and it works. If I plug in a memory card, they mount
>> automagically to my desktop. Can't see how anything could be easier, and
>> this certainly takes less desk space...
>
> I have an HP PSC 2355 "all in one" beside me right now. HP have Linux
> drivers for almost all their products on their site. The HP Linux drivers
> work perfectly, and XSane has no problems with the scanner functions.

Yup. I;ve got an HP F380 "all in one". Scanner and printer work a
treat.

Also, HPLip is superb. A *quick* install and all functions of the
printer are accesible.

It's a far cry from the CD Install on windows which takes around 20
minutes to complete.

--
Moog

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."