[SOLVED] Unable to add HP printer

[brian_p]

You have changed your direction of travel. That's ok. My input is not needed.

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Brian.

[brian_p]

Just to make my postion clear:

Rezadora originally said:

The main reason why I want to use HPLIP is because it allows me to use HP utilities
(useful for checking the toner level).

Now HPLIP is no longer in the picture, pursuiing the matter (even when, as we know, the
firmware is already installed) is a waste of time and energy.

[arochester]

@tanusaha

https://lescahiersdudebutant.arpinux.or ... ig-printer ?

[scary-rob]

An addendum for anyone who actually needs HPLIP (like I did because I have a LaserJet M1132 MFP and wanted the use of my scanner).

The method in the linuxquestions.org link provided by Rezadora in their first post does work. But for some reason my version of Buster (10.6) was missing a crucial folder. So my steps became:

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cd usr/lib
sudo mkdir i386-linux-gnu
cd
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib64/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/sane /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
hp-plugin

I now have a working printer.