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.