HPLIP, HP print, scan and fax drivers for Linux, has recently reached the 3.15.2 release with new Linux distributions support, Python 3 support, and a few bug fixes.
For the Python 3 support for HPLIP, there are some limitations:
- Doesn’t support Fax Cover Page in Python 3 environments
- XSane installation failed message on Debian, type ‘n’ to continue installation when HPLIP tools ask to retry xsane installation
- Cannot launch hp-toolbox for Python less than version 3.4
- Dependent package installation fails on Fedora
New Distro’s added support in HPLIP 3.15.2:
- Debian 7.7, 7.8
- OpenSuse 13.2
- Fedora 21
And the launchpad fixes in this release:
- Doesn’t build against libjpeg-turbo 1.3.90
- hpcups crashes if DEVICE_URI not set in environment
- Incorrect call to hpmudext.device_open
- plugin download fails if python links to python3
- Incorrect IEEE 1284 Device IDs for many models
How to install/upgrade HPLIP in Linux:
First download the HPLIP installer, the “hplip-x.x.x.run” file at:
Once the download process finish, open a terminal window and cd to the downloads folder:
cd ~/Downloads
Make the installer package executable (replace ‘hplip-x.x.x.run’ with the real package name in below commands):
chmod +x hplip-x.x.x.run
Finally start the installer and follow the onscreen prompts:
./hplip-x.x.x.run
via: HPLIP release note
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