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Urgent: Can't install "plugin" for Business Printer: Laster Jet Pro MFP M127FW

Asked by John

1. Your Linux Distribution and version.
Raspbian / Debian Jessie
2. Your printer make/model.
Laser Jet Pro MFP127FW
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/laserjet/hp_laserjet_pro_mfp_m127fw.html
3. If possible, run 'hp-check -t' and post the output.
N/A. I know it's the missing binary/firmware/blob, everything else checks out.

4. A detailed explanation of your problem.
Trying to setup a simple Raspberry Pi printer server for a business. Unfortunately the there is no binary blobbed plugin for this model that works on armhf systems. I need a compatible blob for this ASAP.

5. Steps to recreate the problem.
1) Check for compatible printer on HPLIP website, find one that is "fully compatible". 2) Install HPLIP on raspberry pi. 3) Upgrade system to jessie since old hplip is broken to no end. 4) Watch new version crash and burn due to missing non-free plugin.

Thank you for any help you can provide, this printer is needed for work.

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John (businessuser2015) said : 		#1

Just discovered a bug that appears to be related to this issue, attaching.

What can I do to get this working sooner? How much do I need to pay HP to get this compiled by the end of the week? Need it for a business!

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goutam (goutamkk) said : 		#2

Hi John,

We are building plugin files for the ARM processors. Currently qualification testing is going on and we will be releasing it sooner to the market.
Can you provide us the processor details so that i can check if we are covering that in our testing. Paste the output of the below command here:
'cat /proc/cpuinfo'

Rgds,
Goutam

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John (businessuser2015) said : 		#3

[pi@alarmpi ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
model name : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
BogoMIPS : 2.00
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xb76
CPU revision : 7

Hardware : BCM2708
Revision : 0010
Serial : 0000000040351f21
[pi@alarmpi ~]$ uname -a
Linux alarmpi 3.18.8-3-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Tue Mar 3 18:38:07 MST 2015
armv6l GNU/Linux

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Best goutam kodu (goutam-hplip) said : 		#4

Plugin files for ARM are now supported in hplip 3.15.4

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John (businessuser2015) said : 		#5

I can confirm this is now working!

1) Install latest hplip plus optional dependencies and pygobject + depends.
2) Run sudo hp-plugin
3) hp-setup (hp-setup fails if hp-plugin wasn't ran as sudo
4) Print a test page!

THANK YOU ALL. This is a huge help at our business and will inspire me to recommend HP products more.

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John (businessuser2015) said : 		#6

Thanks goutam kodu, that solved my question.