Using Linux Mint 19.1, HP 1212 AIO Everything worked fine under Mint 18.3. Under Mint 19.1, the "distribution" version 3.17.10 works except for the scanner function. hplip-3.19.3.run runs normally, but the binary plugin will not load: mike@mike:~/Downloads$ hp-plugin HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.3) Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1 Copyright (c) 2001-18 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. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.3) Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1 Copyright (c) 2001-18 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. Checking for network connection... Downloading plug-in from: Receiving digital keys: /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/mike/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9 Creating directory plugin_tmp Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing HPLIP 3.19.3 Plugin Self Extracting Archive.............................................................. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.3) Plugin Installer ver. 3.0 Copyright (c) 2001-18 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. Plug-in version: 3.19.3 Installed HPLIP version: 3.19.3 Number of files to install: 64 Plugin installation failed error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed error: Plug-in install failed. Done. mike@mike:~/Downloads$ hp-check -t Saving output in log file: /home/mike/Downloads/hp-check.log HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.3) Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1 Copyright (c) 2001-18 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 --------------- | SYSTEM INFO | --------------- Kernel: 4.15.0-47-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 13 10:44:52 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux Host: mike Proc: 4.15.0-47-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 13 10:44:52 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux Distribution: 22 19.1 Bitness: 64 bit ----------------------- | HPLIP CONFIGURATION | ----------------------- HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.19.3 HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is supported for linuxmint distro 19.1 version Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file: # hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure. [hplip] version=3.19.3 [dirs] home=/usr/share/hplip run=/var/run ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.3 html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.3 icon=/usr/share/applications cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend cupsfilter=/usr/lib/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=yes dbus-build=yes cups11-build=no doc-build=yes 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=yes cups-ppd-install=no internal-tag=3.19.3 restricted-build=no ui-toolkit=qt4 qt3=no qt4=yes qt5=no policy-kit=no lite-build=no udev_sysfs_rules=no hpcups-only-build=no hpijs-only-build=no apparmor_build=yes class-driver=no Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file: Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file: [upgrade] notify_upgrade = true last_upgraded_time = 1555103160 pending_upgrade_time = 0 [installation] date_time = 04/12/2019 14:23:12 version = 3.19.3

-------------- | COMPILEDEP | -------------- gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 7.3.0 OK - make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.1 OK - libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK - ------------------------ | General Dependencies | ------------------------ libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.0 OK - python-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.5 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 - - OK - pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK - pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 REQUIRED 4.0 4.12.1 OK - libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - 2.27 OK - python-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.15 OK - cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK - python-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.6 OK - cups-ddk CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit OPTIONAL - - OK - reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.4.0 OK - pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 4.12.1 OK - libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK - cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK - python2X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.15 OK - python-notify Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK - libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK - sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK - ---------------------- | Scan Configuration | ---------------------- scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK - hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf' ------------------------- | External Dependencies | ------------------------- gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.26 OK - scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.27 OK - cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.2.7 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running' network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.19.4 OK - policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK - xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK - dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.12.2 OK - avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.7 OK - --------------------- | Python Extentions | --------------------- hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK - cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK - ------------------------------ | DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES | ------------------------------ /error: HPLIP cannot detect devices in your network. This may be due to existing firewall settings blocking the required ports like (5353/udp). When you are in a trusted network environment, you may open the ports for network services like mdns and slp in the firewall. For detailed steps follow the link. http://hplipopensource.com/node/375 No Scanner found. -------------------------- | DISCOVERED USB DEVICES | -------------------------- No devices found. --------------------------------- | INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES | --------------------------------- HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP_fax ---------------------------------------- Type: Fax Device URI: hpfax:/net/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP?ip=192.168.1.106 PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP_fax.ppd warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP_fax.ppd ppd file PPD Description: Printer Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax does not exist!P_fax disabled since Thu 21 Mar 2019 11:46:35 AM MST - error: Required plug-in status: Not installed Communication status: Good -------------- | PERMISSION | -------------- ----------- | SUMMARY | ----------- Missing Required Dependencies ----------------------------- None Missing Optional Dependencies ----------------------------- None Plug-in Status -------------- error: Plug-ins need to be installed Total Errors: 1 Total Warnings: 0 Done. mike@mike:~/Downloads$ mike@mike:~$ cat /home/mike/Downloads/hp-check.log hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.3) hp-check[11342]: info: :Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1 hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP hp-check[11342]: info: :This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. hp-check[11342]: info: :This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it hp-check[11342]: info: :under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Note: hp-check can be run in three modes: hp-check[11342]: info: :1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to hp-check[11342]: info: :determine if the proper dependencies are installed to successfully compile HPLIP. hp-check[11342]: info: :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 hp-check[11342]: info: :HPLIP supplied tarball has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run. hp-check[11342]: info: :3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode will check both of the above cases (both compile- and hp-check[11342]: info: :run-time dependencies). hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Check types: hp-check[11342]: info: :a. EXTERNALDEP - External Dependencies hp-check[11342]: info: :b. GENERALDEP - General Dependencies (required both at compile and run time) hp-check[11342]: info: :c. COMPILEDEP - Compile time Dependencies hp-check[11342]: info: :d. [All are run-time checks] hp-check[11342]: info: :PYEXT SCANCONF QUEUES PERMISSION hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Status Types: hp-check[11342]: info: : OK hp-check[11342]: info: : MISSING - Missing Dependency or Permission or Plug-in hp-check[11342]: info: : INCOMPAT - Incompatible dependency-version or Plugin-version hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :--------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| SYSTEM INFO | hp-check[11342]: info: :--------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : Kernel: 4.15.0-47-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 13 10:44:52 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux Host: mike Proc: 4.15.0-47-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 13 10:44:52 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux Distribution: 22 19.1 hp-check[11342]: info: : Bitness: 64 bit hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :----------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| HPLIP CONFIGURATION | hp-check[11342]: info: :----------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.19.3 hp-check[11342]: info: :HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip hp-check[11342]: info: :HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is supported for linuxmint distro 19.1 version hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file: hp-check[11342]: info: :# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure. [hplip] version=3.19.3 [dirs] home=/usr/share/hplip run=/var/run ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.3 html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.3 icon=/usr/share/applications cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend cupsfilter=/usr/lib/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=yes dbus-build=yes cups11-build=no doc-build=yes 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=yes cups-ppd-install=no internal-tag=3.19.3 restricted-build=no ui-toolkit=qt4 qt3=no qt4=yes qt5=no policy-kit=no lite-build=no udev_sysfs_rules=no hpcups-only-build=no hpijs-only-build=no apparmor_build=yes class-driver=no hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file: hp-check[11342]: info: :Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file: hp-check[11342]: info: :[upgrade] notify_upgrade = true last_upgraded_time = 1555103160 pending_upgrade_time = 0 [installation] date_time = 04/12/2019 14:23:12 version = 3.19.3 hp-check[11342]: info: :

hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :-------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| COMPILEDEP | hp-check[11342]: info: :-------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 7.3.0 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.1 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :------------------------ hp-check[11342]: info: :| General Dependencies | hp-check[11342]: info: :------------------------ hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.0 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : python-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.5 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.7.3 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 REQUIRED 4.0 4.12.1 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - 2.27 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : python-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.15 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : python-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.6 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : cups-ddk CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit OPTIONAL - - OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.4.0 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 4.12.1 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : python2X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.15 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : python-notify Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :---------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| Scan Configuration | hp-check[11342]: info: :---------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf' hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| External Dependencies | hp-check[11342]: info: :------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.26 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.27 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.2.7 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running' hp-check[11342]: info: : network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.19.4 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.12.2 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.7 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :--------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| Python Extentions | hp-check[11342]: info: :--------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.3 OK - hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :------------------------------ hp-check[11342]: info: :| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES | hp-check[11342]: info: :------------------------------ hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :No Scanner found. hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :-------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES | hp-check[11342]: info: :-------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :No devices found. hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :--------------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES | hp-check[11342]: info: :--------------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP_fax hp-check[11342]: info: :---------------------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :Type: Fax hp-check[11342]: info: :Device URI: hpfax:/net/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP?ip=192.168.1.106 hp-check[11342]: info: :PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP_fax.ppd warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP_fax.ppd ppd file hp-check[11342]: info: :PPD Description: hp-check[11342]: info: :Printer status: printer HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP_fax disabled since Thu 21 Mar 2019 11:46:35 AM MST - Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax does not exist! error: Required plug-in status: Not installed hp-check[11342]: info: :Communication status: Good hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :-------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| PERMISSION | hp-check[11342]: info: :-------------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :----------- hp-check[11342]: info: :| SUMMARY | hp-check[11342]: info: :----------- hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Missing Required Dependencies hp-check[11342]: info: :----------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :None hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Missing Optional Dependencies hp-check[11342]: info: :----------------------------- hp-check[11342]: info: :None hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Plug-in Status hp-check[11342]: info: :-------------- error: Plug-ins need to be installed hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Total Errors: 1 hp-check[11342]: info: :Total Warnings: 0 hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: : hp-check[11342]: info: :Done. mike@mike:~$

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