Install HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.17.9 in Ubuntu / LinuxMint

HPLIP released a newer version having a support to lot of printers and released on 20th Sep 2017

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install the latest version of HPLIP 3.17.9 On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.04, LinuxMint 18 and Debian.

HPLIP stands for HP Linux Imaging and Printing, which is developed by HP for using HP Printer in Linux Platforms, Hp by using this software anyone can take Printout, scanning, and copier using HP Laserjet and HP Inkjet Printers

HPLIP supports more than 2000 Printer models including all business model, inkjet, laser and etc.. , you can also check the list of supported devices in here

The Latest Version of HPLIP is 3.17.9 released recently and comes with the following fixes and changes and Latest Linux distribution REDHAT 7.3, OpenSUSE 42.3, Fedora 26 and LinuxMint 18.2 support they have added.

Changes:

Added support for the following new model printers:

• HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 Wide Format All in One
• HP DeskJet AMP All in One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 5220 All in One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 5230 All in One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 5232 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 6220 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 6232 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7120 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7134 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7820 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY 5020 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY 5032 All in One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3735 All in One
• HP ENVY Photo 6234 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 6230 All in One Printer
• HP AMP 130 All in One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 7730 Wide Format All in One
• HP ENVY Photo 7155 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7164 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7155 All In One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7800 All In One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 6200 All In One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7130 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7830 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7120 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7820 All in One Printer
• HP ENVY Photo 7855 All in One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 5075 All in One Printer
• and more

Added support for the new Distros:

• OpenSuse 42.3 (64-bit)
• LinuxMint-18.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Fedora-26 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• RHEL -7.3 (64-bit)

Installation Steps

Step 1: Download the installer file

Download installer file from the Sourceforge website or use the below command

wget https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/hplip/hplip/3.17.9/hplip-3.17.9.run

Step 2: Change the name of the downloaded file to hplip 3.17.9.run and give Execute Permissions to the Installer

sudo chmod -R 755 hplip-3.17.9.run

Step 3: Install HPLIP 3.17.9

sudo ./hplip-3.17.9.run

Once Installation process started it'll install all those dependencies and drivers you need to Press yes or no according to your needs.