Need plugin file for HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf Multifunction Printer

Asked by Gwen Morse

I'm trying to get my HP LJ Pro M1212nf Multifunction printer working on my Gentoo system.

I have hplip installed and it has downloaded plugins for a lot of other printers, but none for mine which should be named: hp_laserjet_professional_m1212nf_mfp

I cannot get my printer to work without this file. Does anyone know of a source to download it?

I have read (and tried) the process here in the kbase but IT DOES NOT DOWNLOAD THE PLUGIN: http://hplipopensource.com/node/309

Here is my hp-check info:

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.3)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP 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.

Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).

Check types:
a. EXTERNALDEP - External Dependencies
b. GENERALDEP - General Dependencies (required both at compile and run time)
c. COMPILEDEP - Compile time Dependencies
d. [All are run-time checks]
PYEXT SCANCONF QUEUES PERMISSION

Status Types:
    OK
    MISSING - Missing Dependency or Permission or Plug-in
    INCOMPAT - Incompatible dependency-version or Plugin-version

warning: gentoo-2.3 version is not supported. Using gentoo-any versions dependencies to verify and install...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------

 Kernel: 4.7.2-gentoo #1 SMP Tue Oct 25 13:17:41 AEDT 2016 GNU/Linux
 Host: misspiggy
 Proc: 4.7.2-gentoo #1 SMP Tue Oct 25 13:17:41 AEDT 2016 GNU/Linux
 Distribution: gentoo 2.3
 Bitness: 64 bit

-----------------------
| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
-----------------------

HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.16.3
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for gentoo distro 2.3 version

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=3.16.3

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.16.3
html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.16.3/html
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/libexec/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/libexec/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp
bin=/usr/bin
apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
libusb01-build=no
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=no
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=no
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=no
foomatic-drv-install=no
foomatic-ppd-install=no
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=no
cups-ppd-install=yes
internal-tag=3.16.3
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=yes
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
apparmor_build=no

Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
[plugin]
installed = 1
eula = 1
version = 3.16.3

Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
warning: Could not access file: No such file or directory
 <Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>

--------------------------
| External Dependencies |
--------------------------

 gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.15 OK -
 scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.25 OK -
 xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK -
 error: cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.1.4 MISSING 'CUPS may not be installed or not running'
 policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.113 OK -
 network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.18 OK -
 avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.6.32 OK -
 dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.10.12 OK -

-------------------------
| General Dependencies |
-------------------------

 libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.0.2 OK -
 python-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.0 OK -
 reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.1.44 OK -
 python-notify Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK -
 pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 4.11.4 OK -
 python-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.0 OK -
 libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK -
 cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.1.4 OK -
 libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.7.3 OK -
 sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - 1.0.25 OK -
 pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK -
 python2X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.4.5 OK -
 pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 REQUIRED 4.0 4.11.4 OK -
 libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK -
 libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - 2.23 OK -
 python-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.4.5 OK -
 cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.1.4 OK -
 sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - 1.0.25 OK -

---------------
| COMPILEDEP |
---------------

 libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK -
 gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 4.9.4 OK -
 make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.1 OK -

----------------------
| Python Extentions |
----------------------

 cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK -
 hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK -

-----------------------
| Scan Configuration |
-----------------------

 scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK -
 hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'

-----------------------
| Other Dependencies |
-----------------------

------------------------------
| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
------------------------------

No Scanner found.

--------------------------
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
--------------------------

No devices found.

---------------------------------
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
---------------------------------

lpstat
------
Type: Unknown
Device URI: Bad file descriptor

--------------
| PERMISSION |
--------------

-----------
| SUMMARY |
-----------

Missing Required Dependencies
-----------------------------
None

Missing Optional Dependencies
-----------------------------
None

Total Errors: 1
Total Warnings: 1

Done.

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kritika arora (kritika-arora1) said :
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Hi,

You are requested to download and install the latest version of hplip-3.16.11. using the .run file.

followed by downloading the "plugin.run" file and "plugin.asc" file from

https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/

Then from the command line execute "hp-plugin" and choose the option "select and install an existing copy".

Write back if the issue continues.

Thanks,
kritika

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