{"id":51249,"date":"2026-05-21T13:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=51249"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:35:17","slug":"hplip-3-26-4-released-with-many-new-hp-printers-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/hplip-3-26-4-released-with-many-new-hp-printers-support\/","title":{"rendered":"HPLIP 3.26.4 Released with Many New HP Printers Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37671\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hplip-logo-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hplip-logo-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hplip-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hplip-logo-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hplip-logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hplip-logo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HPLIP, the HP developed free open-source drivers for HP&#8217;s inkjet and laser printers, released new 3.26.4 one day ago.<\/p>\n<p>The new version of this HP Linux Printing and Imaging System added many new printers support, fixed few security vulnerabilities, but no new distributions support for its official installer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51250\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hplip3264-700x523.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hplip3264-700x523.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hplip3264-300x224.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hplip3264-768x574.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hplip3264.webp 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New printers support in HPLIP 3.26.4 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HP LaserJet Pro MFP 3106sdw<\/li>\n<li>HP LaserJet Pro MFP 3105sdw<\/li>\n<li>HP Envy 6500e series<\/li>\n<li>HP Envy 6500 series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 9730 Series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 9730e Series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 9720 Series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 9720e Series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 8130e All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 8130 All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet 8130e All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet 8130 All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 8120e All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet Pro 8120 All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet 8120e All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet 8120 All-in-One series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet Ink Advantage ultra 5800 All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet Ink Advantage ultra 5100 All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet 4300e All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 4300 All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet 4300 All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet 2900e All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2900 All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<li>HP DeskJet 2900 All-in-One Printer series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It as well includes two fixes for potential security vulnerabilities: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cve.org\/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CVE-2026-8631<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cve.org\/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CVE-2026-8632<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install HPLIP 3.26.4<\/h3>\n<p>The official installer &#8220;<code>hplip-3.26.4.run<\/code>&#8221; is available to download in the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/hplip\/files\/hplip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download HPLIP<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>NOTE: the installer sadly does not support most recent Linux Distributions, such as Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 13, Fedora 41 ~ 43.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After downloaded the <code>.run<\/code> installer, right-click on your Downloads folder, and select &#8220;Open in Terminal&#8221; to open terminal that automatically navigates to that folder as working directory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51252\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/open-hp3264-terminal-700x446.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/open-hp3264-terminal-700x446.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/open-hp3264-terminal-300x191.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/open-hp3264-terminal-768x490.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/open-hp3264-terminal.webp 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, run the commands below one by one to add executable permission and start the installer:<\/p>\n<pre>chmod u+x .\/hplip-3.26.4.run<\/pre>\n<pre>.\/hplip-3.26.4.run<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, answer questions in terminal to start installing the driver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51251\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/run-hp3264installer-700x480.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/run-hp3264installer-700x480.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/run-hp3264installer-300x206.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/run-hp3264installer-768x527.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/run-hp3264installer.webp 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When done, plug or re-plug in your printer, run the setup and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><b>For Ubuntu 26.04<\/b> user who want to try out the new HPLIP version, try the steps below to build it from source, which worked in my case though not tested if all functions work well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, download the source tarball &#8220;hplip-3.26.4.tar.gz&#8221; from link above, and extract.<\/li>\n<li>Apply the patches from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/resolute\/+source\/hplip\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/resolute\/+source\/hplip<\/a>, in &#8220;hplip_3.24.4+dfsg0-0ubuntu8.debian.tar.xz&#8221; package.<\/li>\n<li>Open the extracted folder in terminal, and run the command below to install build dependencies:\n<pre>sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcups2 cups libcups2-dev cups-bsd cups-client avahi-utils libavahi-client-dev libavahi-core-dev libavahi-common-dev libcupsimage2-dev libdbus-1-dev build-essential gtk2-engines-pixbuf ghostscript openssl libjpeg-dev libatk-adaptor libgail-common libsnmp-dev snmp-mibs-downloader libtool libtool-bin libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-0.1-4 wget pkexec python3-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python3-reportlab python3-notify2 python3-pyqt5 python3-dbus python3-gi python3-lxml python3-dev python3-pil python-is-python3 libsane1 libsane-dev sane-utils xsane<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finally, configure, build and install:\n<pre>.\/configure --prefix=\/usr --disable-qt4 --enable-qt5 --enable-apparmor_build --disable-scan-build<\/pre>\n<pre>make -j$(nproc)<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo make install<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HPLIP, the HP developed free open-source drivers for HP&#8217;s inkjet and laser printers, released new 3.26.4 one day ago. 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