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Asked: 2019-04-07 02:24:46 +0800 CST

Can't install HP Deskjet 2540 in Ubuntu 18.04

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I installed hplip and hplip-data. Then I started HPLIP Toolbox GUI. I click add printer and then I get a message (see pic) that PPD file is not found. When I click browse I find some .gz file and none of them solve the issue if selected.

HP Device Manager Setup dialog

Then

select PPD file dialog

My Ubuntu is Ubuntu 18.04

The output of apt-cache policy hplip hplip-gui:

hplip:
  Installed: 3.17.10+repack0-5
  Candidate: 3.17.10+repack0-5
  Version table:
 *** 3.17.10+repack0-5 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
hplip-gui:
  Installed: 3.17.10+repack0-5
  Candidate: 3.17.10+repack0-5
  Version table:
 *** 3.17.10+repack0-5 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Following this post, I did:

  1. sudo apt-get install hplip-gui
  2. hp-setup

I get a GUI for HP Device Manager. My printer is connected by USB. So I select USB then Next. Then I move to another page with title Select from Discovered Device, which shows my printer listed. I click on my printer and Next. Then I get this in the terminal.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.10)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Searching... (bus=usb, search=(None), desc=0)
error: No PPD found for model deskjet_2540 using old algorithm.
error: No appropriate print PPD file found for model deskjet_2540_series
printing hp hplip

1 Answers

  1. It should simply work without PPD file. It is not declared in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat even in latest HPLIP 3.19.3.

    So you need to install all HPLIP stuff with

    sudo apt-get install hplip-gui hpijs-ppds

    and then follow hp-setup wizard.

    If hp-setup fails, then try install all known printer drivers with

    sudo apt-get install printer-driver-all

    and use system-config-printer.

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