Wireless Printer Transition

[logan01]

I have a HP PhotoSmart 5520 wireless do it all. About a year old or so(out of warranty). Software is installed to the Windows side of my laptop and works though lately I have problems w/ it sustaining connectivity. Anyhow, though Kubuntu finds the printer, Do I need to install the software (disk) to Kubuntu too? Never really thought about it.

Thanks

[elijathegold]

No. Or at least I never had to.

[edit] The printers applet under system settings should install drivers for you when you add the printer. [/edit]

[jpenguin]

Yea, kubuntu probably already has a driver for it; download one if it doesn't http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web...20_series.html

[logan01]

Yes, it had drivers to choose from. I just didn't know if I need to though now I'm close to shooting the printer. Thanks guys.

[GreyGeek]

Install HPLIP and use it (or cups) to install the printer. If it needs to it will DL the latest driver from the HP website.

[Qqmike]

Yes, hplip, definitely. (Even if you do (still) have problems, it's nice to have hplip and its toolbox installed and going for you.)

While you're at it, install hplip-gui, gives you "the" nice GUI something-or-other ("Printer Toolbox" interface, I think).
Find it at K > Applications > System after you install both those packages, hplip and hplip-gui.

Install, investigate using Muon Package Manager.

[logan01]

I'll do it. Went and got a usb printer cord this morning. Works though I didn't want the printer tethered to the laptop. The same wireless issue is with my 3 laptops. Pissy me. No more HP products which I have many of. This common wireless problem w/ little to know resolution and the "counterfeit" ink cartridge deal did it for me. Whining from my new (July) HP laptop.

[GreyGeek]

I have an HP LasterJet P1606dn connected to an ethernet port on my wifi modem. Using the HPLIP-gui (thanks for reminding me, Qqmike!) I gave it a static IP of 198.162.1.99 using the MAC address for identification. My dhcpd is set to dispense from *.100 to *.105. So, no matter who logs on they can use the printer. That also allows me to print from my iPhone 6+ using the free Dragon Printer app.

Over all I find HP printers the most Linux compatible of all that I have tried since I started using Linux in May of 1998. The ones I avoid are LexMark and Cannon.

[logan01]

Yeah this started a year or sago when I had Windows only. I have since changed the printer to a static IP, found a back door to disable sleep mode, changed channels, channel rates, primary/secondary dns values in modem. Seems the general consensus leads to a little pissant battery interior to the printer. I thinks it's a driver but I'll likely never know.