When will hplip support ubuntu 12.10?

My Photosmart Plus worked like a charm with earlier versions, and simply does not print under 12.10...

Hi,

Ubuntu 12.10 will be supported in our next release of HPLIP which migh happen in couple of weeks time or so.

As a temporary workaround, please
1)Download HPLIP-3.12.10a (e.g to ~/Downloads)
2)Open Terminal and go to ~/Downloads/hplip-3.12.10a
3)Open ~/Downloads/hplip-3.12.10a/installer/distros.dat and then replace "12.04" with "12.10"
4)./install.py (this will start the auto installer)

=> Reconfigure print queue with the commands in the terminal mentioned below.
       => system-config-printer (remove all print queues)
      => su -c "hp-plugin" (This will download right plugin)
       => hp-setup (It should not be run in a root mode. This command is adding print queue, make sure you select ppd name having "-ps" or "hpcups" substring)
=>Try printing now.

Step 4) Fails because it can't find any printer.
su -c "hp-plugin" doesn't work in ubuntu. But sudo hp-plugin does.
hp-setup fails because it can't find the printer.
user@computer:~$ hp-setup

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.10a)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-14 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Searching... (bus=usb, search=(None), desc=0)
error: No devices found on bus: usb

Hi,

Is printer connected to USB or network? if usb then please paste the output of "lsusb" command.

Also please paste the output of "hp-setup -g" command

Hi Patrick Andersson,

Probably due to one of the reasons, Device is not detected in hp-setup using USB.

Case 1:-
         Smart install (i.e. Device as CD ROM ) might be enabled.
         1) run lsusb and check for Hewlett
             $ lsusb |grep Hewlett
             --> Bus 001 Device 017: ID 03f0:042a Hewlett-Packard ( this is an example).
         2) now run lsusb with above VID and PID info..
             $ lsusb -d 03f0:042a -v | grep bNumInterfaces (change this 03f0:042a value according to the device)
            --> if bNumInterfaces = 1 is displayed, that means smart install is enabled.
            --> disable smart install as explained in https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/210691 comment #1

Case 2:-
         non-root user doesn't have USB permissions.
         1) run lsusb in non-root mode
             $ lsusb |grep Hewlett

         2) run lsusb in root mode
             $ sudo lsusb |grep Hewlett

         --> If device is dected only in root mode, either user is not in lp, lpadmin group or user doesn't have usb permissions.
         --> run hp-check --fix command
                $ hp-check --fix

--> if problem still persists, please post 'hp-check' command out here.

Thanks & Regards,
Amarnath

Hi,

Apparently, bNumInterfaces = 1 is my case so I need to disable Smart Install for my printer... However, without a working Windows machine (they all break in the end, don't they) I'm cooked :(

Is there no service code I can enter on the control panel for the machine (it's an OfficeJet g85) itself to disable it manually?

Also tried the method of replacing all 12.04 with 12.10 in ~/Downloads/hplip-3.12.10a/installer/distros.dat and re-installing (which did get me a newer interface and the printer was detected by Ubuntu on re-connection) but the device communication error code 5012 remains and print jobs remain 'on hold'...

Finally found the answer for OfficeJet G85 on https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/216721 and https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/210089 ...

Amazing that support for older but perfectly good machines gets dropped like that without any backward compatibility or choice. Is it really impossible to support/use either libusb01 or libusb10 for different devices out of the box? Say libusb01 by default and only 10 for devices that support libusb10 communication?