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)?
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.
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.
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.
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.