
Otherwise, you'll get: warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed.Įrror: hp-setup requires GUI support (try running with -qt3). In 15.04, you need to install python3-pyqt4 running the following command in a terminal: sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt4 In 14.04, you need to execute the following in a terminal before running hp-setup: sudo apt-get install python-qt4 This will summarize any installation errors. This wiki page has screenshots of hp-setup. For example, use hp-toolbox to do printer maintenance or check ink levels. To see a list of HP utilities, enter the following in a a terminal: hp- and click Tab on the keyboard. Scanning and other features such as memory card image transfer should now work.

Please see here for a list of supported devices.

If one sees that Driver Plug-in is set to yes (or required), then one needs to install the binary/proprietary plugin/driver by following my other answer.Įxamples for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (hplip 3.17.Printing, scanning, and faxing with HP All-In-One (AIO) printers is supported by the hplip project. (o) Optional HPLIP binary/proprietary plugin/driver Version is greater than the version of the HPLIP package from repository, then one needs to install binary HPLIP by following my other answer.

(b) Required HPLIP version > repository HPLIP version Version is lower or equal to the version of the HPLIP package from repository, then the installation of the following packages will be enough with: sudo apt-get install hplip hplip-gui HPLIP installation (a) Required HPLIP version ≤ repository HPLIP version Currently Ubuntu have the following HPLIP versions in universe pocket: bionic (18.04LTS): 3.17.10+repack0-5
