Printer HP_LaserJet_MFP_M28-M31 problem with HPLIP and Ubuntu 20.04
Hi,
I have been for hours now trying to get my printer to work, but it keeps jsut flashing error message and hplip toolbox doesn't recognise it, say it must be unplugged when it is not.
In windows everything works fine, but even when I was in Ubuntu 18,04 i didn't work either.
I used the usual command in terminal like update, upgrade, dist-upgrade and so on and I tried to solve some of the dependencies on my own, looking in the Forums, to no avail. Exemple: install hplip-gui, hp-plugin, etc
In the installation, there is a message saying that some packages are not compatible with Ubuntu 20.04, but as I had this problem earlier on, I thought it was worth the shot.
My goals is just to print some pages. nothing fancy.
Below hp-check -t:
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.3)
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
warning: ubuntu-20.04 version is not supported. Using ubuntu-19.10 versions dependencies to verify and install...
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| SYSTEM INFO |
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Kernel: 5.4.0-29-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 29 14:32:27 UTC 2020 GNU/Linux
Host: jose-System-
Proc: 5.4.0-29-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 29 14:32:27 UTC 2020 GNU/Linux
Distribution: ubuntu 20.04
Bitness: 64 bit
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| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
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HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.20.3
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for ubuntu distro 20.04 version
Current contents of '/etc/hp/
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.20.3
[dirs]
home=/usr/
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/
ppdbase=
doc=/usr/
html=/usr/
icon=no
cupsbackend=
cupsfilter=
drv=/usr/
bin=/usr/bin
apparmor=
# 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=yes
foomatic-
foomatic-
foomatic-
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.20.3
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt5
qt3=no
qt4=no
qt5=yes
policy-kit=yes
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-
hpijs-only-build=no
apparmor_build=no
class-driver=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/
[plugin]
installed = 1
eula = 1
version = 3.20.3
Current contents of '~/.hplip/
[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/
[fax]
email_address =
voice_phone =
[installation]
date_time = 05/14/20 17:48:12
version = 3.20.3
[last_used]
device_uri = "hp:/usb/
printer_name =
working_dir = .
[polling]
device_list =
enable = false
interval = 5
[refresh]
enable = false
rate = 30
type = 1
[settings]
systray_messages = 0
systray_visible = 0
[upgrade]
last_upgraded_time = 1589487332
notify_upgrade = false
pending_
<Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>
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| External Dependencies |
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error: cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 - INCOMPAT 'CUPS may not be installed or not running'
gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.50 OK -
xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK -
scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.29 OK -
dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.12.16 OK -
policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK -
network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.20.3 OK -
avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.7 OK -
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| General Dependencies |
-------
libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK -
cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - - OK -
cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - - OK -
libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - b'2.31' OK -
libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK -
sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK -
sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - OK -
libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.8 OK -
libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.1 OK -
python3X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.8.2 OK -
python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK -
error: python3-pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 OPTIONAL 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4-dbus needs to be installed'
error: python3-pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4 needs to be installed'
python3-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.16 OK -
python3-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.9 OK -
python3-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.8.2 OK -
python3-pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 7.0.0 OK -
python3-reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.5.34 OK -
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| COMPILEDEP |
--------------
libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK -
gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 9.3.0 OK -
make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.2.1 OK -
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| Python Extentions |
-------
cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.3 OK -
hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.3 OK -
-------
| Scan Configuration |
-------
'/etc/sane.
hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.20.3 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.
scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.3 OK -
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| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
-------
device `escl:http://
device `hpaio:
device `escl:http://
device `hpaio:
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| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
-------
Device URI Model
-----
hp:/usb/
serial=VNB3F02327
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| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
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HP_LaserJet_
-------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/usb/
PPD: /etc/cups/
warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/
PPD Description:
Printer status: impressora HP_LaserJet_
Communication status: Good
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| PERMISSION |
--------------
USB HP_LaserJet_
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| SUMMARY |
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Missing Required Dependencies
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error: 'libcups2' package is missing/
error: 'python3-pyqt4' package is missing/
error: 'gtk2-engines-
Missing Optional Dependencies
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error: 'python3-
Total Errors: 3
Total Warnings: 0
Done.
Thanks for the attention
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