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HP 24 inch wide printers: T210, T230, T250

Asked by Lewis Balentine

Personally I would love to have a Z6 but $800 for a set of cartridges, not to mention the $2,700 to purchase a Z6, is a bit more than my wallet can tolerate .... and I really do not want to downgrade to Microsoft Windows.

I was very surprised to see that HP T200 series was not included in the supported printer list.

So my simple question is:
Would some kind person show some love for for these models and add the necessary bits to make them work?

and because someone will always ask:
I am running Linux Mint 20.3 Una 64-bit with the MATE 1.26.0 user interface, on an HP Elite 8300 SFF with i7-3770 CPU and 32 GB of Ram.

thank thee :-)

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Lewis Balentine (lewis-s) said : 		#1

If it is any help the user guide says that this series uses HP PCL3GUI printer control language.

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brian_p (claremont102) said : 		#2

Mint 20.3 looks good for the job. Which machine do you
have? USB or network connected?

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Lewis Balentine (lewis-s) said (last edit ): 		#3

Well I do not have the printer yet because I am not going to purchase one until I know drivers exist for it.(I already made that mistake with a Canon G6020) ....

I am looking at the HP T210 ... I do not need a lot speed or photo quality .... just a wider print.

My preference would always be hardwired cat 6 Ethernet (10/100/1000).

FYI:
I am also looking at a commercial product call "Turboprint for Linux"
https://www.turboprint.info/

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brian_p (claremont102) said : 		#4

The specs are at

 https://www.hp.com/ca-en/shop/product.aspx?id=8AG32A&opt=B1K&sel=PRN

One of the print languages is URF. The printer therefore does
AirPrint, which is fully supported on Mint with its driverless
printing system.

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Lewis Balentine (lewis-s) said : 		#5

Yep ... same thing they say about the Canon G6020.
I had to buy a Windows computer to perform routine maintenance on it (clean the heads, deep cleaning, run check prints, etc.).
... and everything from the rear multi-sheet tray prints upside down.
Scanner works ... most of the time.

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brian_p (claremont102) said (last edit ): 		#6

I'd have thought that being able to print from Mint was the
primary objective and a big step forward. Routine maintenance
is done from the printer's front panel or the Embedded Web
Server.

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brian_p (claremont102) said : 		#7

> So my simple question is:
> Would some kind person show some love for for these models
> and add the necessary bits to make them work?

The necessary bits are already present in the printer's firmware.
They allow printiing from Mint 20.3. I reckon this issue should be
marked as solved. That's irrespective of whether the printer is
possessed.

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Lewis Balentine (lewis-s) said : 		#8

OK ...
I guess I was spoiled by my old HP printer that worked so well using the HPLIP driver.
I am just disappointed the newer equipment can not use it as well.
cheers ...

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brian_p (claremont102) said : 		#9

> I guess I was spoiled by my old HP printer that worked so well using
> the HPLIP driver.
> I am just disappointed the newer equipment can not use it as well.

Understandable, but don't expect upstream HPLIP to pop in here and
give a technical explanation. Just be grateful our printing system has
a solution and the situation is under control.

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Lewis Balentine (lewis-s) said : 		#10

I have decided to purchase an "Epson T2170" and "Turboprint for Linux" instead.
Turboprint has a really nice UI.

Cheers