hp-setup can't detect a printer on my network

Asked by Ken Wright

I have an HP LaserJet Professional P1102w on my network. I can install the printer using Ubuntu's printer utility, but HPLIP can't find it. I know it's on the same network, because I can ping the printer and log into its embedded webserver for modifying printer settings. I can print, but only using the Foomatic driver. The firewall on my laptop is disabled, so that doesn't appear to be the problem. Anyone have any ideas?

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shivani mandora (shivani1708) said :
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Hi Ken,

Can you please install the latest driver 3.19.8 and provide output of hp-check -t ?

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Ken Wright (wizard-koalatyworks) said :
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Latest driver installed. Here's the output of hp-check -t:

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.8)
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: 5.0.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 12 13:05:32 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux
 Host: Inspiron-3542
 Proc: 5.0.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 12 13:05:32 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux
 Distribution: 12 19.04
 Bitness: 64 bit

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

HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.19.8
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is supported for ubuntu distro 19.04 version

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

[hplip]
version=3.19.8

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.8
html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.8
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=3.19.8
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 = 1569229917
pending_upgrade_time = 0
latest_available_version = 3.17.10

[installation]
date_time = 09/30/2019 01:35:15
version = 3.19.8

[settings]
systray_visible = 0
systray_messages = 0

[last_used]
device_uri =
printer_name =
working_dir = .

[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%

[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1

[polling]
enable = false
interval = 5
device_list =

[fax]
voice_phone =
email_address =

 <Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>

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

 gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 8.3.0 OK -
 make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.2.1 OK -
 libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK -

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

 libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.1 OK -
 python-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.6 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 -
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hp-check", line 862, in <module>
    num_errors, num_warns = dep.validate(time_flag, is_quiet_mode)
  File "/usr/bin/hp-check", line 368, in validate
    self.core.dependencies[dep])
  File "/usr/bin/hp-check", line 210, in __update_deps_info
    installed_ver = self.core.version_func[deps_info[6]]()
  File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py", line 373, in get_pil_version
    return Image.VERSION
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'VERSION'

I hope this helps!

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Ken Wright (wizard-koalatyworks) said :
#3

Did the output help any?

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Ken Wright (wizard-koalatyworks) said :
#4

Is anybody still looking at this?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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Ken Wright (wizard-koalatyworks) said :
#6

I'm still having the same problem. Is anybody looking at this?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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