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Setting up an HP printer in Linux

Asked by Mike Davies

I have just bought an HP2820 printer which I am trying to set up on wifi. I have connected the printer and I can print from my tablet.
I would like to access the printer from my PC running Opensuse Linux. The PC is connected to the router on eth0 and I have a directly connected Epson printer. I would like to be able to use the HP printer as well.
How do I set up to connect to the printer which is on the same network?

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said : 		#1

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/howtos/install#howtocheck1
Scroll down to: How to unblock ports and enable services in the firewall
follow the instruction for Open SUSE.

To install HPLIP on Open SUSE:
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/downloads

HPLIP should be in Open SUSE repository.

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip

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Mike Davies (mikejd39) said : 		#2

I have HPLIP installed.
I have tried to follow the instructions on unblocking ports but YAST I have doesn't seem to have the same layout as suggested.

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said : 		#3

What version of open-SUSE do you have?

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Mike Davies (mikejd39) said : 		#4

Opensuse Leap 15.3

On 22/04/2024 13:40, Bernard Stafford wrote:
> Your question #809222 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/809222
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Bernard Stafford requested more information:
> What version of open-SUSE do you have?
>

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said : 		#5

https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/archive/15.3/startup/html/book-startup/cha-print.html
SUSE 15.3 Leap Printer Documentation

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Mike Davies (mikejd39) said : 		#6

After reading 'Network Printers' in that documentation I ran nmap:

mike@linux:~> nmap -p 35,137-139,515,631,9100-10000 192.168.178.43
Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-04-26 10:20 BST
Nmap scan report for HP021FD6.fritz.box (192.168.178.43)
Host is up (0.0078s latency).
Not shown: 905 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
631/tcp open ipp
9100/tcp open jetdirect

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.49 seconds

This has recognised the printer at that IP address. and shows 2 ports
open. Does this help?

On 25/04/2024 21:15, Bernard Stafford wrote:
> Your question #809222 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/809222
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Bernard Stafford proposed the following answer:
> https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/archive/15.3/startup/html/book-startup/cha-print.html
> SUSE 15.3 Leap Printer Documentation
>

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