[PLUG] HPLIP Lack of Support

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Sat Feb 16 01:55:22 UTC 2019


On 2/15/19 5:22 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
> On 2/15/19 8:27 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>> Beware of brand new HP printers. There may not be support for them in
>> Linux for awhile. <...>
> Sorry I missed the earlier post. I was up to my eyeballs performing
> miraculous feats to appease my corporate overlord.

Yeah. Work gets in the way a lot of times. Oh, well. It keeps the lights 
on and the Internet connection up.

> Seems y'all went
> around in circles and did not think go to the HPLIP web site to check on
> printer support.

From: 
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index


*Model Name* 	*Min. HPLIP
Version* 	*Driver Plug-in^8 
<https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index#note8>* 
	*Support Level^9 
<https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index#note9>* 
	*Print Mode* 	*Scan to PC^3 
<https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index#note3>* 
	*PC Send Fax^5 
<https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index#note5>* 
	*Connectivity
USB
Network
Parallel^1 
<https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index#note1>* 
	*Note*

HP LaserJet Pro MFP M148dw 	3.18.9 	yes 	Full 	Color 	yes 	No 	USB,Network 	



So I matched the printer model, but what I didn't do is was check the 
HPLIP version. On Ubuntu I have 3.17.10. And, as you note below, on 
Slackware I have 3.16.5. Sigh.

> Slackware-14.2 includes hplip-3.16.5 which is is too old for your
> printer.  Support for the HP LaserJet Pro MFP M148dw was added with
> hplip-3.18.9 on 26 September 2018.
>
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index
>
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/news/hplip

I followed the link to https://launchpad.net/hplip and asked my 
question, the one for which I received no answer.

> Slackware-current (15.0 BETA) has hplip-3.19.1 and when that hits
> 'stable' you'll have full print/scan functionality.

That's good to know. I'll get by for now, but it will be nice to be able 
to scan with xsane again.

Thanks.


-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens




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