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hp 1102 printer not recognized by ubuntu 16.04

Asked by christian stallings

i deleted my printer and now can't get it back. HP p1102w laser jet printer was working fine before i deleted it. Now can't get my ubuntu 16.04 to recognized it and can't seem to add it? help

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

cd $HOME
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-3.17.6.run
chmod +x ./hplip-3.17.6.run
./hplip-3.17.6.run

Run this as your user (don't use root or sudo). It will give you the latest HPLIP

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Please try actionparnsnip's procedure first.

If it does not work, try the following procedure instead:

https://mark911.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/how-to-install-printer-drivers-for-hp-laserjet-1020-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts-without-needing-access-to-openprinting-org-website/

Procedure is based on information here:

http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/

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christian stallings (tagheuer1) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.