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install any HP printer in Fedora 10/11/12

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions

How  to install  HP 5300   series  Printer in  Fedora 10  11  and 12   :

 

install  from  HPLIP  website  is  noy  yet  compatible  with  Fedora 11 . you  will get  errors  like   :

Running ‘make’
Please wait, this may take several minutes…

error: ‘make’ command failed with status code 2

 

 

chek   if  you  printer   is  suppported  from Hp company  :

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html

Method 1 :

 

if  yes    download  the  driver  from her e:

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install_wizard/index.html.

download  the  hplip.3.9….run  make  it  executable   with chmod +x hplip-3….run

exucute it  under user acces    with   ./hplip..run  (follow  the  procedure)  and  enjoy   it

 

 

Method 2  :

 

install  RPMFUSION-FREE  and  NON-FREE  for  Fedora 11

update  your  system

#um  update  -y

#yum  install  hpijs hplip  hplib-gui  hplip-libs    libsane-hpaio  -y

 

 

make the  printer  ON

Now  start   your  Hp device manager  with

#hp-setup

 

or go  to System >administration> HP Device manager

 

Done  :)

 

Best regards

Unixmen  Team

 

 

 

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Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

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