hplip supports OfficeJet printers:yes, that's the driver for all hp printers except for the officejet series.I saw "hplip" in synaptic (ubuntu 6.06). Should it be used instead?
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/support...nkjet_aio.html
It works! That's what I like about computers! Where else can you get such a sense of accomplishment for doing something that's so simple (once you know how)
I used the procedure from sourceforge for installing hplip. The website has a very simple 5 step procedure - but each step is a link to a set of substeps. I failed to review each of those subsets and managed to skip some key parts.
I did not have the 'build-essential' installed and that was giving me the 'compiler' error message.
The only feedback I can provide for others using sourceforge would be to check each of those links embedded in each step.
Thanks for the help! It pointed me in the right direction.
I want to install the newest version of hplip. The (outdated) Dapper package is already installed. Removing it would take out ubuntu-desktop.
The instructions at Sourceforge mention checking to see if hplip is already installed, but I didn't see anything addressing what to do if it is before installing from the tarball. Should I first uninstall the Ubuntu package?
In a similar vein, if I later update do I need to make uninstall before installing the latest and greatest?
Is the newest version of hplip working with checkinstall? Recent discussion about possibly making it compatible.
I have hpijs and hplip both installed, but the printer will not do anything. Not even a test page. The job just stops after a few secs.
Maybe it's:
HP Deskjet 712C
PPA printer, does not work with PCL drivers (as "hpijs", "gimp-print", "cdjXXX", "pcl3", ...)
from: http://www.linuxprinting.org./printer_list.cgi
Has anyone here got a 710 or 712 working?
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