The HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printlng) project—initiated and led by
HP Inc.
HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs), printers and related supplies, as well as 3D printing solutions.
It was formed on Novembe ...
(HP)—aims to ease
Linux
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systems' ability to interact with
HP's
inkjet
Inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that recreates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper and plastic substrates. Inkjet printers were the most commonly used type of printer in 2008, and range from small inexpens ...
and
laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fi ...
printer
Printer may refer to:
Technology
* Printer (publishing), a person or a company
* Printer (computing), a hardware device
* Optical printer for motion picture films
People
* Nariman Printer (fl. c. 1940), Indian journalist and activist
* James ...
s with full printing, scanning, and faxing support. the supplied
printer-drivers support a total of 3,088 HP printer models; many of these for low-end models are
free and open-source (FOSS), licensed under MIT, BSD, and GPL licenses, but others (including all color laser MFC printers on the market for years) require proprietary binary blobs ("plug-ins"). The project intends that HPLIP work in combination with
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) and
SANE to perform printing and scanning respectively.
''HPOJ'', the HP OfficeJet Linux driver to get
HP's
OfficeJet printers to run with
Linux
Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ...
, ceased development as of 13 March 2006 with the advent of HPLIP.
Tools
Tools include:
* an automated installer compatible with many different
Linux distributions
* a graphical toolbox tool and faxing applications written in
Qt which allow device configuration and various actions like printing and scanning
* a number of command-line utilities to configure and add devices, as well as to scan and print
Implementation
HPLIP co-operates with hpiod processes and files.
Support
HP offers help and support for HPLIP.
HP HPLIP help and support
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References
External links
HP Linux Imaging and Printing
resources on th
HP Developer Portal
HPLIP at SourceForge
HP Linux Printing and Imaging Support information
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