hplip - error ? (hp-setup)

papakanush

I just installed HPLIP through the Software Center, which did did show any error massages, which maybe I would have seen if I had installed through the command line. It appears to be working fine for me as well.

kyrios

dschinn1001 make sure your system is fully up-to-date sudo eopkg up
Hplip hasn't been updated for a while.

dschinn1001

hello Kyrios - system is up-to-date with Version 4.0 - but when I recall, is that hplip in earlier version 1 year ago - had no bugs with this model of HP LaserJet Pro 200 (M251n) - could be that yesterday the server of HP was down somehow ?! Or the Blackhat from Hamburg is interfering somehow ?! I check again next hours ...

Justin

dschinn1001 You need a tin foil hat...

dschinn1001

Justin - Hey ?! Dont worry about my health ... The health of this BlackHat Hacker is more in danger than mine.

dschinn1001

Justin You clown !

pceiley

I've been meaning to look at this and I haven't tried hp-setup on my solus vm yet. I know the current shipping version of hplip has issues with later releases of Python 3.7 but I note solus is still on 3.6 so this should be fine. If I get a moment at home I'll test this with my printer.

kyrios

pceiley That's the reason why hplip hasn't been updated for a while.

pceiley

kyrios what's the reason? Do new versions require a later version of Python?

I meant to say, hplip 3.18.6 has issues with python 3.7. The issue with hplip versions above 3.18.6 is that they contain closed source blobs. Debian patch them out and this same patch is used in the current versions of hplip that ship with both Fedora and Arch.

kyrios

pceiley Nope, new version just cause some printers to not work anymore.

pceiley

dschinn1001 hp-setup is working fine for me - no errors. You shouldn't need to run this as root by the way (ie. drop the sudo).

You could also try running # hp-setup -i to avoid running the GUI.

Justin

dschinn1001 Why am I a clown?