I need some guidance with making my printer work(HP Laserjet 1018)

[linub]

Hello
i plugged the printer and it got recognized.
when i try to print i get the following message:

and when i try to go through the setup,one of the steps is the following one:

so what should i install and from where?
is it hplip-plugin from the AUR, or foo2zjs, or try what i got in the pop-up(download from an HP authorized server)?

all cups services are installed and active.

[ydar]

Since the recommended option is selected, just click next, it should download the plug-in.

You can also find instructions here: HP Developers Portal | What is the HPLIP Binary Plug-In and How Do I Install It?

[linub]

this option of downloading outside of the repository seems weird to me,
and I’ve seen people here having success with the two other packages i mentioned(but not this one),so i thought I’d ask first.

[banjo]

hi,
point No.5 is explaining it:

• HP LaserJet M404dn printer not working properly - #2 by banjo

[linub]

i saw what you wrote there,but i also so this:

HP device manager stopped working and couldn't fixed it with usual stuff

The usual stuff? What stuff? To me it looks like you are taking rounds with something downloaded from HP - and is usually a bad idea - as a lot of things can go wrong - e.g. overwriting system files with incompatible versions. And the hp toolbox app requires python-pyqt5 to work - which may explain why you cannot get it working. It also appears to be a genuine xyproblem where you have tried a lot of things which may have worsened the issue and thas making it very difficult to provide any mean…

so it appears to not be a good idea to download directly from HP.

[banjo]

That’s how I’ve been doing it for years. The printer is not needed for weeks, but then… printing works flawless, but the scanner will ask for plugin. Usually I choose direct download from HP. It has happened that the connection refused, then I visit the liked HP-site and download the matching plugin manually and select “local copy”.

Again: stable - testing - unstable are weeks apart. So are versions from time to time. Noobs see an AUR update >>> clic >>> think about that.

up to you

[linub]

what version would i need from HP Developers Portal | Plugins ?
i see that i currently have this one provided by Manjaro

EDIT
i just saw this page:
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip

[banjo]

You haven’t read my post.
You will be asked to install a plugin.
If the automatic way don’t work (can take some minutes), then use the manuall way.

• hplip-3.22.6-plugin.run

• hplip-3.22.6-plugin.run.asc

matching plugin and verification.

[banjo]

@linub

i just saw this page:
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip

For future fast access better store this link:

• https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/plugins you can pic from there.

[j8a]

Hi @linub ,
I agree with both @ydar and @banjo.

I wonder whether you could post the output of the following terminal command, in order to verify you have the hp-laserjet_1018.ppd.gz available to install the printer.

ls /usr/share/ppd/HP/ | grep laserjet_1018

The directory above is the one whether you can search the ppd file.

Then, go to the the end of the following page:
‘HP Developers Portal | What is the HPLIP Binary Plug-In and How Do I Install It?’

and follow the instructions.

Hope it help, regards

[linux-aarhus]

Unless there is a Manjaro user which uses the specific printer - it may take some head-against-the-wall before you get it right

There’s quite a few suggestions around the globe

• cups hp laserjet 1018 at DuckDuckGo

[linub]

trying the automatic way yielded an error about checksum or corrupted file.

i downloaded both
hhplip-3.22.6-plugin.run
hplip-3.22.6-plugin.run.asc

[it needs to match the HPLIP software version you have; you can see this in the ‘HP device manager’ under Help>About
also to download these files you need to right click on them and from the context menu choose “Save link as”,or it’ll just open in a new tab.]

then chose the Manual(Advanced)method and browsed to where i saved both those files,followed the instructions,it completed successfully and i was able to print.

it wasn’t obvious for me at first that the plugins are like the ‘guest additions in Virtualbox’ to the HPLIP software provided by Manjaro.

also i wasn’t to fond of having to put my password while installing this proprietary plugin.

Thanks everyone.

[j8a]

Hi @linub ,
Did you try to install the printer with the CUPS web interface, as @linux-aarhus suggests?

I think this is the best solution for you. You can find the steps to install the printer in the following post in Manjaro Wiki.
‘Printing - Manjaro’

Hope it help, regards