Now it is done: At #OpenPrinting we have now full #RISCV support by our 6 Snaps in the Snap Store:
https://snapcraft.io/publisher/openprinting
- CUPS: Full printing stack
- ipp-usb: IPP-over-USB daemon for driverless USB printing
- 4 Printer Applications: All printer drivers which typically come with Linux distros, ~10000 legacy printers supported
These Snaps can be used on the the #DeepComputing Risc-V board for @frameworkcomputer laptops, also with #Ubuntu Core and #UbuntuCoreDesktop.
The #OpenPrinting #CUPS #Snap is now available for #RISCV in the Snap Store!
To build it it just needed to add #riscv64 as supported architecture in the snapcraft.yaml file.
I has taken 2:30 hours (!) to build on my #DeepComputing / #Framework RISC-V board, and the build servers of the Snap Store need the same time to build it.
Thanks to Heinrich Schuchardt (xypron), RISC-V expert at #Canonical, for providing me a kernel which does bridge networking.
Announced by #WoC:
We’re thrilled to welcome #OpenPrinting as an Organization for WoC 4.0!
OpenPrinting develops and maintains printing and scanning technologies for Linux and Unix systems. It collaborates on IPP projects with the PWG, works on driverless scanning with SANE, and maintains key tools. The organization also leads the Common Print Dialog Backends project and integrates printing infrastructure across traditional and modern OS distributions, including Snap and Docker environments.
This is my Dell U2721de which I had bought in Feb 2021, near 4 years ago. It is an LCD monitor of IPS type. The LCD is backlighted with LED lighting.
On the right you see that one of the LED lighting elements seems to not work any more. As sometimes it lights up again but later on stops again, it seems that the LED or its control electronics is not burnt out, but there is some weak contact.
No software issue, rebooting computer or monitor does not help.
Anybody has an idea how to get fixed?
I have recommended Brother printers a lot during this year, and now, after my second HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 inkjet had died shortly after its 3rd birthday, I have got a Brother printer by myself, the MFC-L8390CDW color LED (works like laser)! Works perfectly driverless under Ubuntu, both printing and scanning, all also double-sided.
Registrations are open for the #OpportunityOpenSource in the IIT Kanpur in India! On August 24-26.
Just scan the QR code and see you in Kanpur!
Perhaps you saw this story about a cheap HP inkjet:
https://haunted.computer/@netspooky/110832978569741892
and my reaction to several stories about HP printers here:
https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-January-2024/#hp-madness
I got one of that printers as a gift, an HP Envy 6032e.
It works great under Linux without proprietary software! Driverless!
Just rip off this Wi-Fi-only seal on the back to expose the USB, connect it by USB, go to http://localhost:60000/ to get printer's web admin interface, set it up for your Wi-Fi SSID/password ... That's it!
Attached: 4 images HP are such scammers I posted about this very cheap printer before, which strongly suggests that there is No USB, only Wifi. When I first got it I figured out how to print over the network without using the app they try to bully you into downloading. It turns out it's even easier to print, just use the USB port they try to pretend isn't there! No company is going to rewrite their firmware to remove the USB stack. It's even more expensive to redesign the hardware to get rid of the USB port physically. They opted for the cheapest option, a little sticker. They are just trying to store everyone's documents in their stupid cloud service that some teenage extortion group is going to break into and leak one day. Don't give them your data.
@zygoon this is how Google translate understands it ...
Translated with Google Lens. Try it yourself!
https://g.co/lenstranslate
