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Troubleshooting HP Printer on Ubuntu 2104

May 12, 2021

A fresh install of latest Ubuntu usually gives me some sort of printer issues. This time it would spend some time Processing the job and then Stop. This is what i did this time:

  1. Install drivers
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# install drivers
sudo apt install hplip
sudo apt install printer-driver-gutenprint

The hplip package (HP's Linux Imaging and Printing software) is usually already installed on Ubuntu. I tried updating it by downloading and installing the latest from HP Support but it wouldn't install as Ubuntu 21.04 wasn't supported and the dependencies won't install.

The other one printer-driver-gutenprint was mentioned here and it provides CUPS drivers for Canon, Epson, HP and compatible printers.

I think installing this printer-driver-gutenprint package did the trick.

  1. Remove the Printer, and Add it again. Printing works now!