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Script hangs when it tries to download plugin

Asked by William Sonna

I bought an HP printer after browsing through your website.

Tried to run hp-setup, but the script hangs when it tries to download the plugin.

It appears that openprinting.org either is down or no longer exists.

Is there any other way to get the plugin "hplip-3.12.6-plugin.run" or am I simply out of luck?

FYI, I am running Debian stable, Crunchbang variety.

Thanks

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srikumar (ssrikumar) said : 		#1

I am using UB 13.04 and upgraded HPLIP to the HPLIP-3.13.10 this morning.

I am unable to install the required plugin. The system freezes and hangs up and there is no progress.

The printer was working fine upto last evening and now I am unable to print at all.

How to proceed ?

Any suggessions ? I am really stuck.

Thank you
Srikumar

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Amarnath Chitumalla (amarnath-chitumalla) said : 		#2

Hi Srikumar,

hp-plugin command tries to download the plugin binary from www.openprinting.org and this server is down so after some retries downloads from "http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin/hplip-3.13.10-plugin.run". Please follow below steps.

 $ sudo hp-plugin -g

--> wait for some time to try 1st from www.openprinting.org (it fails) and later downloads from hplipopensource.com.

(or)

$ wget http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin/hplip-3.13.10-plugin.run
--> downloads plugin to loacal system

$ sudo hp-plugin -g
--> select 2nd option to use local downloaded file.

Thanks & Regards,
Amarnath

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srikumar (ssrikumar) said : 		#3

Thank you Amarnath

The 2nd option worked like a dream.

Thank you & God Bless
Srikumar

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srikumar (ssrikumar) said : 		#4

Please close this question. It has been solved.
Thank you.

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