printer replacement

[Gerard ROBIN]

Hello,
my old hp ptotosmart printer died. It worked fine with HPLIP. Now I have to
buy a new one but they all use "HP Smart" for Windows exclusively. I would
like to know if these printers are still compatible with HPLIP. The printer
I want to buy is the "HP OfficeJet Pro 8134e All-ine-One" which is linux
compatible according to the specifications but which is configurable with
"HP Smart" under Windows. Will HPLIP be valid for this printer also under
linux ? Otherwise how can it be configured ?

tia.

[Frank Weißer]

Hi Gerard,

HPLIP stands for hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
^^^^^
and isn't made for other OSs.

Lock here>
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/supported_devices/index

for compatibility of your new printer.

Kind regards
Frank

Post by Gerard ROBIN
Hello,
my old hp ptotosmart printer died. It worked fine with HPLIP. Now I have to
buy a new one but they all use "HP Smart" for Windows exclusively. I would
like to know if these printers are still compatible with HPLIP. The printer
I want to buy is the "HP OfficeJet Pro 8134e All-ine-One" which is linux
compatible according to the specifications but which is configurable with
"HP Smart" under Windows. Will HPLIP be valid for this printer also under
linux ? Otherwise how can it be configured ?
tia.

[Charles Curley]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:41:45 +0200

Post by Gerard ROBIN
my old hp ptotosmart printer died. It worked fine with HPLIP. Now I
have to buy a new one but they all use "HP Smart" for Windows
exclusively. I would like to know if these printers are still
compatible with HPLIP. The printer I want to buy is the "HP OfficeJet
Pro 8134e All-ine-One" which is linux compatible according to the
specifications but which is configurable with "HP Smart" under
Windows. Will HPLIP be valid for this printer also under linux ?
Otherwise how can it be configured ?

HP Smart is also available on iPhone, and I would expect it to be
available on Android. My printer (HP LaserJet MFP M232e-M237e series)
also has a web server on it; yours may also. Once the thing is set up
and running, you can use CUPS to manage it.

I will guess that it is a so-called "driverless" printer. If so you may
want avahi on your computers so they can detect and use it painlessly.

[Van Snyder]

Post by Gerard ROBIN
Hello,
my old hp ptotosmart printer died. It worked fine with HPLIP. Now I have to
buy a new one but they all use "HP Smart" for Windows exclusively. I would
like to know if these printers are still compatible with HPLIP. The printer
I want to buy is the "HP OfficeJet Pro 8134e All-ine-One" which is linux
compatible according to the specifications but which is configurable with
"HP Smart" under Windows. Will HPLIP be valid for this printer also under
linux ? Otherwise how can it be configured ?

About thirty years ago A printer in a box was put on my desk at work. I
don't remember the HP model, but the box said "ready for use with
Windows, Mac or Unix." There were disks of drivers for Windows and Mac
in the box, but none for Unix. I called HP and explained that I had an
HP 720 running HP-UX. The "customer service" agent asked "Is that
Windows or Mac?" I explained slowly that's "Hewlett-Packard Unix." She
repeated her question. I eventually got an e-mail from a user in Norway
who told me the drivers are on the HP-UX distribution disks, but you
needed to get a free "key" from HP to unlock them. There was extra for-
fee software on the distribution disks for which one had to buy a key,
but why where the free HP printer drivers locked on the disk?

The bottom line is that if things at HP haven't changed, be skeptical
of their commitment to Linux support.

Post by Gerard ROBIN
tia.