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Installation

Important: Before proceeding, check Supported Devices to determine if HPLIP will work with your device.

Note: If you are using Windows or Mac OS X these operating systems are not supported by HPLIP.

There are two different ways to install HPLIP.

Installer: This is the installer for HPLIP. This is an automated process which will greatly speed up your install. These distros are currently supported:

  • SUSE Linux (10.0, 10.1, 10.2)
  • Fedora (3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.92, 6, 6.0)
  • PCLinuxOS (2006.0, 2007.0)
  • IGOS (0.0)
  • Ubuntu (5.04, 5.1, 6.06, 6.10, 7.04)
  • Debian (2.2, 3.0, 3.1)
  • Mepis (6.0)
  • Mandriva Linux (2006.0, 2007.0)

if your distro is not listed or if you'd like to go through the install manually go here:

Manual Install: Step by step instructions on how to install HPLIP.

Note: In order to install the HP printing software, you must have super user (root) privileges on the computer. If you do not have super user privileges, contact your system administrator.



Page last updated: Fri Dec 15 16:03:37 2006; HPLIP Version: 1.7.4a

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