HP Officejet 4500 won't print on Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 14
I have used hp-setup to install my HP Officejet 4500 without problems until I updated to Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 14. The printer is hooked up to my router. The printer still installs and I am able to scan, but when I try to print I get a popup with the title "Driver Plug-in Required. It also says "HP Device proprietary plug-in is missing. Click 'Next' to continue plug-in installation. When I click next I get another popup where I can either download and install the plug-in from an HP authorized server (recommended) or Select and install a local copy. If I choose the first option I get yet another popup about digital signature, then a popup where I accpet the terms and finally an error popup saying "Plug-in install failed". If I ignore the plug-in the printer spits out an almost blank page with a line of gibberish on it. In Ubuntu 12.04 and Mint 13 it worked fine. How can I get hp-setup to work again for the Officejet 4500? I've seen that there are several reports on this problem on both the Ubuntu and Mint forums, but no solutions. I would like to add that the printer installs through the printer interface in Ubuntu/Mint and prints, but it doesn't scan, so I have to install it again using hp-setup to get a second install of the printer I use for scanning.
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