Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Wireless HP Laserjet Professional P1100/ P1560/ P1600 on Ubunt Xenial Xerus

Or, thanks a lot, hp-setup!
As part of the re-install fest during last weekend, I also had to install the GF's printer on her Ubuntu lappie.
This time it wasn't as smooth as with Linux Mint, but not a real problem... In the end, the WiFi printer works A Ok.

At first it belched with an error message:

sudo hp-setup
sudo: unable to resolve host gf-lappie
[sudo] password for gf:

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.3)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

error: HPLIP is not installed properly or is installed without graphical support. Please reinstall HPLIP
warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed.
error: hp-setup requires GUI support (try running with --qt3). Also, try using interactive (-i) mode.
gf@gf-lappie:~$


So, I went with the interactive install:

$ sudo hp-setup -i
sudo: unable to resolve host gf-lappie

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.3)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press to accept the default.)


--------------------------------
| SELECT CONNECTION (I/O) TYPE |
--------------------------------

  Num       Connection  Description                                              
            Type                                                                 
  --------  ----------  ----------------------------------------------------------
  0*        usb         Universal Serial Bus (USB)                               
  1         net         Network/Ethernet/Wireless (direct connection or JetDirect)
  2         par         Parallel Port (LPT:)                                     

Enter number 0...2 for connection type (q=quit, enter=usb*) ? 1

Setting up device: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?ip=192.168.0.19



------------------------
| PLUG-IN INSTALLATION |
------------------------


HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.3)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

warning: It is not recommended to run 'hp-plugin' in a root mode.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.3)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press to accept the default.)


-----------------------------------------
| PLUG-IN INSTALLATION FOR HPLIP 3.16.3 |
-----------------------------------------

  Option      Description                                      
  ----------  --------------------------------------------------
  d           Download plug-in from HP (recommended)           
  p           Specify a path to the plug-in (advanced)         
  q           Quit hp-plugin (skip installation)               

Enter option (d=download*, p=specify path, q=quit) ? d

Do you accept the license terms for the plug-in (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ?

Done.

Done.

---------------------
| PRINT QUEUE SETUP |
---------------------


Please enter a name for this print queue (m=use model name:'HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w'*, q=quit) ?

Using queue name: HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w
Locating PPD file... Please wait.

Found PPD file: drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd
Description:

Note: The model number may vary slightly from the actual model number on the device.

Does this PPD file appear to be the correct one (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y
Enter a location description for this printer (q=quit) ENTER
Enter additonal information or notes for this printer (q=quit) ? ENTER
---------------------
| PRINTER TEST PAGE |
---------------------


Would you like to print a test page (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y



It worked like magic, zero problems.

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