HPLIP

http://www.openprinting.org is down, how can I download the binary plugin?

Asked by An Yang

Hi

I use hp-plugin to install the binary plugin for my HP Laserjet.
But openprint.org is down for security reason, how can I download it?

the detail URL is:
http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-3.11.7-plugin.run

Regards,
An Yang

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Sanjay Kumar (sanjay-kumar14) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please find the plugin for HPLIP at http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin_download.html
Steps for installing the plugin are also provided there. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Thanks,

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Sanjay Kumar (sanjay-kumar14) said : 		#2

Marking it as "Solved" since fix is already provided.

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Ra'id Jamali (raid-aljamali) said : 		#3

Not completely solved. Link above only provides plugins for the latest hplip version. If I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, for example, I need: hplip-3.11.1-plugin.run (while HPLIP currently provides hplip-3.11.10-plugin.run)

Are older versions archived? If so where can we find them?

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An Yang (euroford) said : 		#4

Hi Ra'id,

The general way is using hp-plugin to install the plugin.

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Ra'id Jamali (raid-aljamali) said : 		#5

Indeed.. and that's the problem. hp-plugin wants to download from "down for maintenance" site openprinting.org

As far as I can tell these are the steps hp-plugin takes:
1. Select installation choice: Download plugin OR Install local copy of plugin
2. If I choose Download: first download config file from http://hplip.sf.net/plugin.conf
3. Find appropriate URL classified under required HPLIP version number
4. Download plugin from http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-X.Y.Z-plugin.run

This method always fails. If I'm able to separately obtain the plugin with version number matching my installed HPLIP, I can at least choose to install from a local pre-obtained copy.

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Ani Balakrishnan (anib) said : 		#6

Hi,

As our plugin host site openprinting.org is down, we are providing temporary location to download the plug-in. But we are not able to provide all the old versions of plug-ins there. So please update your hplip to latest 3.11.10 release.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Thanks and Regards
Ani Balakrishnan