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Download and Install

HPLIP is available by three ways; Automatic Installer, Manual Install, and Linux Distribution packages (or pre-installed by your Linux Distribution). Please choose the download that best matches your requirements. We recommend that most users use the Automatic Installer (if your Linux distribution is supported by this method).

HPLIP supports 1,330 printer models so it's more than likely your printer is supported. However you may want to first check the Supported Devices page to verify that your printer is supported and/or that all features for your printer are supported. Alternatively you can enter your printer model number in the search area on the left side and search our site for information about your printer (for example: Photosmart 3310).

Not all users need to download and install HPLIP and you may prefer to use the pre-packaged version supplied by your linux distribution. Please follow the guide on our "" page to determine if upgrading is best for you.

Automatic Installer: HPLIP Self Extracting Installer

The Automatic Installer is known to work on the following Linux Distributions:

• SUSE Linux (10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3)
• Fedora (3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5, 5.92, 6.0, 6, 7, 7.0, 8.0, 8)
• PCLinuxOS (2006.0, 2006, 2007.0, 2007)
• IGOS (1.0)
• Ubuntu (6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04)
• Debian (2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.0r0, 4.0r1, 5.0, lenny, lenny/sid, stable, testing)
• Mepis (6.0, 6.5, 7.0)
• Mandriva Linux (10.1, 10.2, 2006.0, 2007.0, 2007.1, 2008.0)

To use the Automatic Installer, follow these steps:

1. Download the file to a convenient location (e.g., home directory or desktop, etc).
2. Open a console/terminal and cd to the location where the installer was downloaded. (e.g., cd ~/Desktop)
3. Type in and run this command: 'sh hplip-2.8.5.run'

Additional instructions on using the installer are available on the page.

Notes:

1. Do not run the Automatic Installer as root, however you will need to have root/su access to complete the install.

Manual Install: HPLIP Source Code Tarball

This is the traditional method to download and install HPLIP. It requires that you manually install dependencies and run build and install commands in a console/terminal. To use it, follow the directions at our page.

Notes:

1. The regular tarball also comes with the installer, but it must be run manually if desired (instead of using the traditional installation approach).

To run the installer manually, after extracting the tarball, cd into the hplip-2.8.5 directory and run hplip-install.

Older versions of HPLIP are also available. Consult this page for a complete list:

 

System Requirements

• Linux kernel 2.4.19 and above (2.6.x recommended).
• GNU software tools are required to build from source code. This includes the ANSI C compiler, ANSI C++ compiler and POSIX compliant environment.
• libusb 0.1.8 or higher.
• ppdev/parport kernel modules for parallel port support.
• 7.05 or higher.
• 3.0.2 or higher.
• 3.x or higher for UI toolkit.
• 3.14 or higher for Qt wrapper for Python.
• 2.2 or higher and python-devel (Python 2.3+ for fax support)
• (optional-provides fax cover page support)
• CUPS 1.1.15 or higher and cups-devel.
• libjpeg 6b or higher and libjpeg-devel.
• 5.0.9 or higher and net-snmp-devel for network support.
• CUPS DDK 1.2 or higher for dynamic PPD support.

HPLIP has been tested on most major Linux distributions.