connect to hp printer from my dell monitor

Asked by Antonio Ferrero Pordenone

  I bought this second-hand desktop 6 months ago.

         Since then I have tried, with all my will,
         to print from my desktop to the printer.

                                The tower is HP.
                            The monitor is DELL.
                 The printer is an HP 5000 series.

               I NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT
       THE PRINTER [ HP 5000 ] TO THE DESKTOP.

            I am a pensioner, 77 years of age.
        I do not know much about computers.

           Could you help me to achieve this
         mission impossible with instructions
                        in simple English?

          THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION.

                           Sincerely yours,
                          Antonio Ferrero.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy hplip

Thanks

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said :
#2

Could you open a Terminal and Copy then Paste the above string by its self, then push Enter.
 In the Terminal Copy all of the text and Paste it here as information. Then close the Terminal.

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said :
#3

Antonio Ferrero Pordenone

I understand, I am 74. The people that want to help, need some information, to solve your problem. Things like, what operating system is on computer? Have you downloaded hplip? From site below.

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

The operating system is very important. Is it Ubuntu Linux? Is it Windows? Is it Mac? Also which release is it?
The more information can you give, the quicker a solution.
                                                                                                                     Thanks
                                                                                                                           Michael

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

Hplip is in the default installation. I want to see what you have. If you run the command I gave it will tell us what we need to know. Being old is entirely moot. Richard Stallman is 66..... He is a big advocate of Linux and free software.

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Antonio Ferrero Pordenone (antonioriocossaro) said :
#5

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#6

That's not the output of the command I gave....

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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