Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project

The Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project provides a unified single and multi-function connectivity solution for Linux. The goal of this project is to provide "radically simple" printing, faxing, scanning, photo-card access, and device management to the consumer and small business desktop Linux users. This project is based open source software and uses GPL compatible licenses.

1 Overview
2 License
3 System Requirements
4 Product Support
5 Updates
6 Installation
7 Usage
8 Project Development

1 Overview

The Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing project (HPLIP) provides a unified single and multi-function connectivity solution for Linux. The goal of this project is to provide "radically simple" printing, faxing, scanning, photo-card access, and device management to the consumer and small business desktop Linux users. This project is based open source software and uses GPL compatible licenses.

HPLIP is comprised of several major components; applications, driver, backend, daemons, and PPD files. HPLIP is designed to work with the CUPS spooler system. A CUPS/HPLIP system provides bi-di communication which is necessary for full HPLIP support. HPLIP provides a new CUPS backend called "hp" which supports bi-di printing connectivity.

HPLIP works with HPIJS and is backward compatable with uni-di operation. This means HPIJS is still available for uni-di and bi-di operation. Simply select the "hp" CUPS backend for bi-di operation or select the "usb" (or "parallel") CUPS backend for uni-di operation.

The following figure is an overview of the CUPS/HPLIP system with major components highlighted.

Each print job has an associated PPD file. Print job properties are set with the PPD file. Each HP printer has a unique PPD file and is generated from the foomatic database and distributed with the HPLIP tar ball. The foomatic system is available at www.linuxprinting.org.

The "hp" CUPS backend provides in-bound print job status. Job status is sent to CUPS via stderr "ERROR:" and "INFO:" messages and to the HP Device Manager. The HP Device Manager can be configured to pop-up or ignore print job status.

Out-of-bound printer status is available in the HP Device Manager. For example, ink levels for most inkjets can be viewed in the device manager. Also pen alignment can be performed from the device manager.

HPLIP provides a "hpaio" sane backend for scanning. Both flatbed and ADF scanning is supported via xsane/sane applications.

A photo-card application allows the user to download and delete pictures from printers that support photo-cards.

Faxing will not be in the first release. Only PC fax send will be supported, no PC fax receive. PC fax send will look like a CUPS printer spool queue.

A distribution can mix and match the HPLIP package in order to support a un-di or bi-di solution. HPIJS is part of the HPLIP package.

HPLIP is intended to replace HPOJ for all local USB and JetDirect connectivity. HPLIP is similar to HPOJ, but different. HPLIP has persistent daemons (hpiod, hpssd) like HPOJ, but is more friendly. HPLIP does not require a "ptal-init setup". The "hp" backend will look like any other CUPS backend that can install printers as needed. The daemons use a standard init.d start/stop script.

HPLIP provides a MLC/1284.4 transport for talking to Multi-Function Peripherals (MFPs), but HPLIP does not dedicate the port to MLC/1284.4 like HPOJ does. HPLIP brings MLC/1284.4 up and down as needed. This means a MFP can use raw I/O for printing and MLC/1284.4 for scanning.

HPOJ and HPLIP can co-exist on the same PC, but they cannot access the same device. For example if HPOJ is configured for device "/dev/usb/lp0" then device "/dev/usb/lp0" is not available for HPLIP. Use "ptal-init setup" to add/remove HPOJ devices.

2 License

In general all applications are covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL) and the backend is covered by a MIT license. The printer driver HPIJS uses a BSD license. See the COPYING file in the HPLIP tar ball for more details.

3 System Requirements

Linux kernel 2.4.19 and above. Linux is the target distribution. Other Unix platforms may work if they have similar kernel drivers, but have not been tested.

GNU software tools are required to build from source code. This includes the ANSI C compiler, ANSI C++ compiler and POSIX compliant environment.

GNU Ghostscript 7.05 or higher.

Foomatic 3.0.2 or higher.

Qt 3.x or higher for UI toolkit.

PyQt 3.11 or higher for Qt wrapper for Python.

Python 2.2 or higher and python-devel.

CUPS 1.15 or higher and cups-devel.

net-snmp 5.0.9 or higher and net-snmp-devel for network support.

HPLIP has been tested on most major Linux distributions, but only 32-bit and little-endian systems have been tested.

chkconfig or install_initd for HPLIP startup/shutdown script.

4 Product Support

Device Parallel USB/Network Print Scan Photo Fax Services/Status/Supply Recommended Backend

HP OfficeJet

HP OfficeJet V 40 YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 4100 Series NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 4105 Series NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 4110 Series NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 4115 Series NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 4200 Series NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 5105 Series NO YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 5110 Series NO YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 6210 Series NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet G55 YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet G85 YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet G95 YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet D125 YES YES DJ9xxVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet D135 YES YES DJ9xxVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet D145 NO YES DJ9xxVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet D155 NO YES DJ9xxVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 5500 Series NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 6110 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 6150 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 7110 NO YES DJ9xxVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 7130 NO YES DJ9xxVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 7140 NO YES DJ9xxVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 7200 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 7300 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP OfficeJet 7400 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES NO NO Full hp

OfficeJet 300 YES NO DJ540 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 330 YES NO DJ540 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 350 YES NO DJ540 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 500 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 520 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 570 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 580 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 590 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 600 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 625 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 630 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 635 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 700 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet 725 YES NO DJ660 YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet T 45 YES NO DJ8xx YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet T 65 YES NO DJ8xx YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet R 40 YES NO DJ8xx YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet R 45 YES NO DJ8xx YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet R 60 YES NO DJ8xx YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet R 65 YES NO DJ8xx YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet R 80 YES NO DJ8xx YES NO NO NO parallel

OfficeJet K 60 YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

OfficeJet K 80 YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

Pro 1150 YES NO DJ850 YES NO NO NO parallel

Pro 1170 YES NO DJ890 YES NO NO NO parallel

Pro 1175 YES NO DJ890 YES NO NO NO parallel

HP PSC (Printer/Scanner/Copier)

HP PSC 720 Series YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 750 Series YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 760 Series YES YES DJ9xx YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 950 YES YES DJ9xx YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 1100 NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 1110 NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 1200 NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 1205 NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 1210 NO YES DJ3320 YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 1310 NO YES DJ3320 YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 1350 NO YES DJ3320 YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 1610 NO YES DJ3320 YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2110 NO YES DJGenericVIP YES NO NO Full hp

HP PSC 2150 NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2170 NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2175 NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2210 NO YE DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2350 NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2400 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2500 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2600 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

HP PSC 2700 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP YES YES NO Full hp

PSC 300 YES NO DJ600 YES YES NO NO parallel

PSC 500 YES NO DJ8xx YES YES NO NO parallel

HP PhotoSmart printers

HP PhotoSmart 100 NO YES PS100 NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 130 NO YES PS100 NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 140 Series NO YES PS100 NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 230 NO YES PS100 NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 245 Series NO YES PS100 NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart P1000 YES YES DJ9xx NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart P1100 YES YES DJ9xx NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart P1115 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart P1215 Series YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart P1218 Series YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart P1315 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7150 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7260 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7268 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7345 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7400 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7350 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7550 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7660 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7760 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

HP PhotoSmart 7960 Series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

Photosmart 8100 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

Photosmart 8400 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

Photosmart 8750 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

Photosmart 320 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

Photosmart 370 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp
DeskJet

DeskJet 350 YES NO DJ350 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 400 YES NO DJ400 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 450 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO YES NO Full hp

DeskJet 500 YES NO DJ540 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 500C YES NO DJ540 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 505J YES NO DJ540 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 510 YES NO DJ540 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 520 YES NO DJ540 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 540 YES NO DJ540 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 610CL YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 610C YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 600 YES NO DJ600 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 612 YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 630 YES NO DJ630 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 632 YES NO DJ630 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 640C YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 648C YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 656C YES YES DJ630 NO NO NO NO usb

DeskJet 670tv YES NO DJ660 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 672C YES NO DJ660 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 660 YES NO DJ660 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 680 YES NO DJ660 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 682 YES NO DJ660 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 690 YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 692 YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 693 YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 694 YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 695 YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 697 YES NO DJ6xxPhoto NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 810 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 812 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 815 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 816 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 825 YES YES DJ8x5 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 830 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 832 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 840 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 841 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 842 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 843 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 845 YES YES DJ8x5 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 850 YES NO DJ850 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 855 YES NO DJ850 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 870 YES NO DJ850 NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 880 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 882 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 890 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 895 YES NO DJ8xx NO NO NO NO parallel

DeskJet 916 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 920 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 930 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 932 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 933 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 934 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 935 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 940 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 948 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 950 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 952 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 955 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 957 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 959 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 960 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 970 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 975 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 980 YES YES DK9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 990 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 995 NO YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 6127 NO YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 6122 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3810 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3816 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

Desk jet 3822 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3820 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3840 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5150 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5158 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5160 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5550 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5551 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5650 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5652 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5670 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5850 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3320 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3325 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3420 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3425 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3520 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3528 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3535 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3550 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3558 NO YES DJ3320 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3650 NO YES DJ3600 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3658 NO YES DJ3600 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3668 NO YES DJ3600 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 6520 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 6540 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 5740 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3845 NO YES DJ3600 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 3745 NO YES DJ3600 NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 6600 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 6670 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 6840 NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DeskJet 9800 series NO YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

DESKJET 1100 YES YES DJ850 NO NO NO Full hp

DESKJET 1120 YES YES DJ8xx NO NO NO Full hp

DESKJET 1125 YES YES DJ8xx NO NO NO Full hp

DESKJET 1220 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DESKJET 9300 YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

DESKJET 9600 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

HP 2000C YES YES DJ9xx NO NO NO Full hp

HP 2500C YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

HP 2500CM YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

Apollo P-2000U YES NO AP21xx NO NO NO NO parallel

Apollo P-2250 YES NO AP2xxx NO NO NO NO parallel

Apollo 2100 YES NO AP21xx NO NO NO NO parallel

Apollo 2150 YES NO AP21xx NO NO NO NO parallel

Apollo 2200 YES NO AP2xxx NO NO NO NO parallel

Apollo 2500 YES NO AP2560 NO NO NO NO parallel

Apollo 2600 YES NO AP2560 NO NO NO NO parallel

Apollo 2650 YES NO AP2560 NO NO NO NO parallel

e-20 YES NO DJ6xx NO NO NO NO parallel

Business Inkjet

cp1700 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

cp1160 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 1000 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 1100 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 1200 YES YES DJGenericVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 2300 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 2200 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 2230 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 2250 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 2280 YES YES DJ9xxVIP NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 2600 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 2800 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

BIJ 3000 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

Officejet 9100 YES YES LJColor YES YES YES Full hp

HP LaserJet all-in-ones:

HP LaserJet 1220 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

HP LaserJet 3200 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

HP LaserJet 3200se YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

HP LaserJet 3200m YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

HP LaserJet 3300 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

HP LaserJet 3310 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

HP LaserJet 3320 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

HP LaserJet 3330 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

hp LaserJet 9040 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

LaserJet

Mopier 240 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

Mopier 320 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4L YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4M YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4ML YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4MP YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4 Plus YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4Si YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 4V YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 5 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 5M YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 5MP YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 5P YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 5Si YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 6 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 6L YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 6MP YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 6P YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Partial hp

LaserJet 1010 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1012 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1015 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1022 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1100 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1150 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1160 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1200 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1300 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 1320 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 2100 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 2200 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 2300 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 2410 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 2420 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 2430 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 2500 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 3015 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 3020 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 3030 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 3100 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 3380 YES YES LJMono YES NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4000 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4050 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4100 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4200 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4240 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4250 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4300 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4345 mfp YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 4350 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 5000 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 5100 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 8000 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 8100 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 8150 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 9050 YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 9065 mfp YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 9055 mfp YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 9050 mfp YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

LaserJet 9040 mfp YES YES LJMono NO NO NO Full hp

Color LaserJet

Color LaserJet 5 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Partial hp

Color LaserJet 5M YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Partial hp

Color LaserJet 4600 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

Color LaserJet 4550 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

Color LaserJet 2500 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LaserJet 2550 series YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LaserJet 3500 NO YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LaserJet 3550 NO YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LaserJet 3700 NO YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LasetJet 4500 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LasetJet 4550 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LasetJet 4610 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LaserJet 4650 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LasetJet 8500 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LasetJet 8550 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LasetJet 9500 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LaserJet 9500 mfp YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

hp color LaserJet 5550 YES YES LJColor NO NO NO Full hp

5 Updates

HPLIP 0.9.2 - This release has the following changes.

   1. Fixed "Invalid color calibration type" error occurs when executing command "colorcal" in terminal.
   2. Fixed issue reported in forum (AlignType3() number of arguments error in hp-align).
   3. Made UI architectural change (removed hpguid.py, removed popup feature, etc).
   4. Fixed a scanning issue with Laserjet flatbed scanners (PML scanners). Scan would fail at end of scan.
   5. Removed images.tgz after install.
   6. Fixed a problem when all function buttons are grayed out when toolbox is launched at the first time.
   7. Fixed DJ450 battery check issue.
   8. Fixed issue when Toolbox does not launch with PyQt 3.14-1mdk. All .py files produced by compiling .ui files with pyuic have been updated to fix the QSizePolicy() problem.
   9. Added new print mode "FastDraft Grayscale" to DJGenericVIP.
  10. Rebuilt PPD files with new "FastDraft Grayscale" support.
  11. Put limit (max=5) on syslog messages when output device write() fails (Debian request).  
  12. Removed specified gcc options in hpijs configure.in (Debian request).
  13. Fixed a 64-bit compile issue in ljjetready.cpp.

HPLIP 0.9.1 - This release has the following changes.

   1. Changed configure to check for libnetsnmp instead of libsnmp.
   2. Made some $DESTDIR changes in configure.in for package maintainers.
   3. Changed most "make install" symlinks from full path to relative path names.
   4. Added a "front panel" enable/disable flag to models.xml. Some printers were disabled (ie: deskjets).
   5. Ink level and status displays have been fixed for CP1160/1700, OJ 7100 series and OJ D series.
   6. Added battery level check for mobile deskjets (DJ 450, etc).
   7. Fixed issue that could cause DJ 450 to lock-up during panel check (miser mode).
   8. Fixed extraneous hpiod error. Corrected pml iod in scl path that was in libsane-hpaio.
   9. Fixed gcc warnings in libhpip.
  10. Fixed hpijs bi-di assert issue with business inkjet 1100. 
  11. Added "hp-check" that checks SIP, Qt, PyQt, etc. dependencies.
  12. Added PSC 750xi, OJ 5110 to models.xml file.
  13. Added device manager *.ui files to package.
  14. Added PPD files for the following printers. 

      HP LaserJet 4240
      HP LaserJet 9040
      hp color LaserJet 4610
      HP LaserJet 1022
      HP Business Inkjet 1000

HPLIP 0.9 - This release has the following changes.

1. Added network scanning support.
2. Added full status and supply information for most LaserJets. See Product Support table.
3. Added HPLIP commands to $(bindir) path (ie: hp-toolbox, hp-probe, hp-unload, ...).
4. Added hp-makeuri command for generating "hp" URIs from an IP address or device node.
5. Fixed some network issues with hp-probe.
6. Fixed a problem with multiple files using the same name in photo card.
7. Fixed a snmp compile issue in configure.in (hplip-0.8.8.patch).
9. Fixed a bug in the cancel job code in hp-toolbox.
10. Fixed some dialog cancel defects in clean and align.
11. Reversed order of status history in hp-toolbox.
12. Added photo card access status.
13. Added hp-toolbox right click menu.
14. Hpssd no longer scans devices at startup, devices are scanned when hp-toolbox is first started.
15. Removed power-up from the probe command in hpiod. This means that when CUPS queries the "hp" backend for devices, the printer will not power-up.
16. Added non-zero exit codes to hp-toolbox as per Johannes Meixner's request.
17. Modified hp-toobox locale string formation for the date so that we avoid issue with locale not supporting various languages for %a and %b.
18. Added changes to display EXIF data in photo card.
19. Added channel cleanup code to hpiod. This will fix some issues when canceling print jobs from the host.
20. Added new configure option --enable-network-build [default=yes].
21. Added a non-scrolling "front panel display" feature to hp-toolbox.
22. Added Color Calibration for various printer platforms.
23. Added two new device classes - LJFastRaster and LJJetReady. LJFastRaster will replace the pxl1010 driver.
24. Added HP postscript PPD files to the hpijs package. This will allow postscript printing instead of printing via hpijs.
25. Added PPD files for the following printers. See HPIJS 2.1 hpijs_readme.html for more information.

LJFastRaster:
LaserJet 1010/1012/1015

LJJetReady:
Color LaserJet 3500/3550

DJGenericVIP:
HP Photosmart 8750
HP Deskjet 6600
HP Deskjet 9800 Series

HPLIP 0.8.8 - This release has the following changes.

   1. Added low ink infrastructure to device manager.
   2. Made fixes to cleaning procedure.
   3. Added security patches from Henrique de Moraes Holschuh (Debian).
   4. Made pychecker fixes.
   5. Offline devices will now show supplies list with "Unknown" levels (was blank before).
   6. Fixed the display for black cartridge number 15 on the Supplies Tab.
   7. Added tech-type to models.xml.
   8. Added pidfile locking to hpiod.
   9. Fixed gcc warning in pcardext.c.
  10. Removed "killall -HUP cupsd" from /etc/init.d/hplip. Changed the hplip chkconfig priority so cups will run after hplip.
  11. Makefile.am now copies /etc/init.d/hplip and /etc/hp/hplip.conf instead of symlinking.
  12. Fixed Laserjet 1220 model.xml entry.
  13. Changed hard coded /usr/lib/sane directory to $(libdir)/sane in the makefile. This will fix a lib64 issue.
  14. Fixed an issue with the Alert email service. 
  15. Merged multiple makefiles into two. One for hplip and one for hpijs.
  16. Added lib64 to cups search path in configure.in.
  17. Added configure check for net-snmp-devel and cleaned up error checking.
  18. Disable static library builds in configure.in.
  19. Top level Makefile.in is now created from automake 1.9 or higher.
  20. Added PPD files for the following new printers.

      DeskJet 3535
      HP Business Inkjet 2800

HPLIP 0.8.7 - This release has the following changes.

   1. Changed HPLIP base directory from prefix/hplip to datadir/hplip (ie: /usr/hplip to /usr/share/hplip). 
   2. Changed hpiod install from bindir/hpiod to sbindir/hpiod (ie: /usr/bin to /usr/sbin).
   3. Hpiod.conf and hplip.sh are now installed to DESTDIR/etc.
   4. Fixed a issue with the max setting for input trays in APDK (HPIJS 2.0.1).
   5. Added OfficeJet k series support.
   6. Changed scanning default compression from none to jpeg. This speeds up device I/O significantly during scanning. This option is settable from within xsane.
   7. Cleaned up cancel button functionality in device manager.
   8. Added r value caching to hpssd to increase responsiveness of some printers when doing dynamic counters.
   9. Fixed a defect in strings.py (wrong string for not installed cart).
  10. Added DeviceIDs to the models.xml file
  11. Fixed issue with hpssd pidfile locking.
  12. Added PPD files for the following new printers.

      LJMono:
      LaserJet 4345 mfp
      LaserJet 3015/3020/3030

Note, if you want to remove any previous HPLIP release you will need to manually remove the old /usr/hplip base directory and the /usr/bin/hpiod executable.

HPLIP 0.8.4 - This release has the following changes.

   1. Updated the device manager.
   2. Added makefile DESTDIR support to cupsext and pcardext.
   3. Added ./configure option --enable-rpm-install to allow package managers to configure sane, icon, /etc/hp and /etc/init.d options. 
   4. Fixed a problem with 600dpi scanning.
   5. Configure now checks for cups-devel and python-devel and fails if not found.
   6. Configure now prints a warning message if network support could not be built.
   7. Fixed some 64-bit warnings and corrected "pragma pack" problem in hpip.h.
   8. Fixed "/etc/init.d/hplip status|stop" issues.
   9. Set StartupNotify to false in .desktop file to remove prolonged launch busy cursor.
  10. Fixed a probe.py problem with jetdirect 500x.
  11. Made several improvements to the photo card UI.
  12. Fixed a supplies problem with OJ9100/BIJ2300.
  13. Fixed hpguid "busy-loops".
  14. Fixed problem with 95/97 pens showing "not installed" status.
  15. Added PPD file for LJ3380.
  16. Updated Product Support table.

HPLIP 0.8.2 - This release has the following changes.

   1. Startup/Shutdown script now kills all hpguid instances.
   2. Fixed fat.c warnings.
   3. Replaced "mkdir" and "cp" commands with "install" in makefiles.
   4. Cleaned up DESTDIR support in makefiles.
   5. Corrected HPIJS 2.0 revision number. It was 1.7.1x.
   6. Updated appropriate PPD files with fastdraft support.

HPLIP 0.8.1 - Initial Release

   1. Provides unified connectivity for printing, scanning, photo-card access, and device management.

Issues/TODO

   1. Add network scanning support (done HPLIP 0.9).
   2. Add status and supply information on selected LaserJet (done HPLIP 0.9).
   3. Add fax-send support.
   4. Validate 64-bit support.
   5. Validate big-endian support.

6 Installation

This section addresses how to install HPLIP from source code. This section assumes all System Requirements listed in the previous section have been met and any pre-existing HPLIP install uses the same "./configure --prefix=/usr" parameters. For the latest information and more details see hpinkjet.sourceforge.net.

This section does not address how to install your printer. See your distributions documentation regarding any spooler questions. Additional information is available at www.linuxprinting.org and hpinkjet.sourceforge.net.

You can download HPLIP here. The download includes the HPLIP source code and a platform-independent automake/autoconf master makefile. The master makefile will compile and install HPLIP. After downloading to your directory use the following instructions.

tar xzvf hplip-0.8.x.tar.gz
cd hplip-0.8.x
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install
/etc/init.d/hplip restart

If HPLIP built and installs correctly you should get the following response. Note, our example assumes hpiod and hpssd were already running.

Stopping hpiod:                                            [  OK  ]
Stopping hpssd:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting hpiod:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting hpssd:                                            [  OK  ]

Now we must restart cupsd in order to let CUPS see the new "hp" backend.

 
/etc/init.d/cups restart

Caveats

1. At configure time, if libsnmp and libcrypto are not found, HPLIP network support will not be built. If this happens then only local USB will be supported.
2. The HPLIP startup/shutdown script is Red Hat (chkconfig) and LSB (install_initd) compliant. If your distribution is not compliant the script may not work. 
3. In order to get HPLIP to compile with libsnmp on SUSE 9.1 you need add the following symlink for libcrypto.
       ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so
4. For distribution package managers the following ./configure options are available. This allows the package manager to configure these options.
       --enable-rpm-install         disables sane, icon, /etc/hp and /etc/init.d install
       --disable-foomatic-install   disables foomatic install
       --disable-cups-install       disables cups install
       --enable-network-build       disables building network support, will not link with libsnmp
5. The HPLIP startup script must be executed before the CUPS startup script at boot time. 
6. For Mandrake be sure to include the net-snmp-mibs package for network support.
7. In order to run the HP Device Manager, PyQt needs to be installed. Also Fedora C3 requires the "sip" module, see the following Fedora C3 instructions.
       yum install PyQt
       yum install sip
8. In SUSE 9.2 and above PyQt is now part of kdebindings3-python.

7 Usage

(TODO: add some bi-di and uni-di printing examples)

(TODO: add some scanning examples)

(TODO: talk about multi-channel I/O support and models.xml)

See your distribution about spooler questions. For latest information and details see hpinkjet.sourceforge.net.