If you find difficulties installing HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) under Ubuntu, then this tutorial will be very useful for you. The latest version of HPLIP (3.12.2) provide support for about 2080 HP printer models including:
- Deskjets
- Officejets
- Photosmarts
- Business Inkjets
- PSCs
- LaserJet MFPs
- LaserJets
- Edgeline MFPs
dpkg -l | grep hplip
If your version is a bit older, then remove it with the following commands:
sudo apt-get purge hplip hplip-gui
sudo apt-get autoremove -f
Then go to your printer manager and remove any HPLIP driver installed on your system.
HPLIP Installation
To begin, let's install first these dependencies required by the installer:
sudo apt-get install gcc build-essential python-dev libcupsys2-dev libusb-dev libtool libcupsimage2-dev
Then download and start the installer with these commands:
cd && wget -O hplip-3.12.2.run http://goo.gl/L56rl
chmod +x hplip-3.12.2.run
sh ./hplip-3.12.2.run
You will be prompted to select installation mode, type "a" without quotes and press Enter to select "Automatic Mode":
The installer will now try to detect your distribution version, if detected correctly, type "y" without quotes and press Enter:
Then enter your Ubuntu user password to start the installation process (it may take several minutes). You will be then prompted to restart or re-plug your printer, select the appropriate option and press Enter:
After finishing the installation of HPLIP, run this command to install the libhpmud-dev package:
sudo apt-get install libhpmud-dev
Then start hp-setup to configure your printer:
hp-setup
Then follow the setup wizard to add your HP printer. You can find here the download page for HPLIP.
Good Luck!
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