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finding a printer for a linux operating system

Asked by Jonye1971

Hi i have an eeepc netbook asus 901 which i have bought for my son. Its on the Linux system and i am desperate to find a printer to use with it that i dont have to mess about with too much to install and for him to use. It is a christmas present and so he will want it to use straight away.
I have been told that i must upgrade the OS toXP but i cant afford to do that as well. Surely there is a cheapish printer that i can get the drivers for and able to use on this.
Thanks

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

The Asus EEE PC does support HPLIP.

There are some steps to be completed but it's not terribly hard. You can start here:

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/distros/eeepc.html

And if you encounter any errors or problems feel free to let me know.

Hope this helps and thanks for your support of HPLIP.

Aaron

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