HP Linux Imaging and Printing

The HP Linux Imaging and Printing Driver or HPLIP for short is an open source project that provides users with an universal solution for successfully installing and using HP printer and scanner devices under any Linux operating system.

It’s comprised of two projects, HPIJS, a printer driver for HP devices, and HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP), a complete printing and imaging solution. Please note that the first is included in the latter.

Allows you to print, scan and fax with HP printers

It is a HP-developed solution that allows users to print, scan and fax with HP ink and laser based printers in Linux distributions. It includes a plethora of drivers, supporting a wide range of HP scanners and printers.

Supports over 2,000 printers

The program supports over 2,300 printer models, including LaserJet, Deskjet, Officejet, Business Inkjet, Photosmart, Edgeline MFP, LaserJet MFP, and PSC (Print Scan Copy). Unfortunately, we can’t list them all here, but you can easily access the official list of supported devices at http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html.

Supported operating systems and availabiliy

Popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu already include the HPLIP software, making for an out-of-the-box document printing and scanning experience. The project is distributed as a source archive that can be configure, compiled and installed on any Linux distribution.

In addition to the source archive, the developers also provide a self-extracting archive, a native installer that can be used to effortlessly install HP Linux Imaging and Printing Driver on your favorite Linux box.

Bottom line

It is not a perfect software, as some printers are unsupported (at the moment), but it is the best open source solution for most HP printers and all-in-one Hewlett-Packard devices. If you own a HP printer or scanner and it is not supported by default on your Linux distro, install HPLIP. If HPLIP does not support your HP device, then you’re out of luck as no other software project will support it.

What is new in this release:

• Added support for the following new distros:
• Ubuntu 17.10 (64bit)
• Other requirement:
• Class Driver support

What is new in version 3.17.10:

• Added Support for the following new Scanners:
• HP Scanjet Enterprise Flow N9120 fn2 Document Scanner
• HP Digital Sender Flow 8500 fn2 Document Capture Workstation
• Added Support for the following new Distros:
• Debian 9.1

What is new in version 3.16.8:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP OfficeJet Pro 6970 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 6960 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 250 Mobile All-in-One
• HP DeskJet 3700 All-in-One
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3700 All-in-One
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Linux Mint 18
• Fedora 24
• Debian 8.5
• Significant Changes:
• Modified the GUI representation of Secure PIN Printing

What is new in version 3.16.7:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Officejet Pro 8730
• HP Officejet Pro 8210 Printer
• HP Pagewide P55250
• HP Pagewide MFP P57750
• HP Pagewide Color 556
• HP Pagewide Color MFP 586
• HP Pagewide Color flow MFP 586
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage Ultra 5730 All-in-One Printer
• HP Color Laserjet MFP M377 fnw

What is new in version 3.16.5:

What is new in version 3.16.3:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP PageWide Pro 577dw Multifunction Printer
• HP PageWide Pro 577z Multifunction Printer
• HP PageWide Pro 552dw Printer
• HP PageWide Pro 452dw Printer
• HP PageWide Pro 452dn Printer
• HP PageWide Pro 477dw Multifunction Printer
• HP PageWide Pro 477dn Multifunction Printer
• HP DeskJet GT 5810 All-in-One Printer
• HP DeskJet GT 5820 All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Ubuntu 16.04 (beta)
• Issues fixed:
• Traceback error occurs when ESC button is hit upon the promt for root/superuser credentials while installing hp-plugin.
• Announcements:
• Discontinued the RPM packaging for RHEL-5.X

What is new in version 3.16.2:

• Significant Changes:
• Queue configuration using 'hp-setup' command is no more supported for HP ScanJets. Scan frontends like xsane, hp-scan, scanimage, simplescan will automatically detect usb and network ScanJets.
• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP ScanJet Pro 4500 fn1 Network scanner
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M127fs
• HP DeskJet Ultra Ink Advantage 2029 Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage Ultra 2529 All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Linux Mint 17.3
• Debian 8.3
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1521687 - /usr/lib/sane/libsane-hpaio.so.1: undefined symbol: mdns_probe_nw_scanners
• 1537467 - udev: 56-hpmud.rules should not run usb_id for all USB devices out there
• 1517494 - Upgrade to HPLIP-3.15.11 fails
• 1536762 - HPLIP installation fails with non-english locale
• 1483820 - hp-plugin hangs on 'su'
• 1484916 - hp-plugin infinite loop
• 1510950 - hp-plugin not working - stuck on permission
• 1502025 - HP plugin installation hangs after accepting license
• 1534404 - Debian 8's hplip version is 3.14.6, not 3.15.2
• 1532451 - Laserjet Pro MFP M127fs is not supported

What is new in version 3.15.9:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2136 All-in_One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3836 All-in_One
• HP Deskjet 2545 All-in-One Printer
• HP ENVY 4510 All-in-One Printer series
• HP ENVY 4512 All-in-One Printer
• HP ENVY 4516 All-in-One Printer
• HP ENVY 4520 All-in-One Printer series
• HP ENVY 4520 All-in-One Printer
• HP ENVY 4522 All-in-One Printer
• HP Envy 5540 All-in-One Printer series
• HP Envy 5540 All-in-One Printer
• HP Envy 5545 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 4650 All-in-One Printer series
• HP OfficeJet 4650 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 4652 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 4655 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 6820 e-All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 7.9
• Debian 8.2
• Linux Mint 17.2
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1483073 - Unable to print - hplip plugin failure with hplip-3.15.7
• 1480332 - hpcups assertion failure in 3.15.7
• 1475022 - Printing does not work - gives message done, but no printing

What is new in version 3.15.7:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Deskjet 1110 Printer
• HP Deskjet 1111 Printer
• HP Deskjet 1112 Printer
• HP DeskJet 2131 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1110 Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1115 Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1118 Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2130 All-in_One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2135 All-in_One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2138 All-in_One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3630 All-in-One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3635 All-in-One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3636 All-in-One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3638 All-in-One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3830 All-in-One Printer
• HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3835 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 3830 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 3832 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 3834 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 7510 Wide Format All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 8.1
• RHEL 7.1
• Issues fixed:
• Removed the duplicate collate option from HP Device Manager
• Traceback error occurs when trying to configure a queue of same name but with different IO type
• Traceback error occurs when trying to add unicode file from Device Manager on RHEL5

What is new in version 3.15.4:

• Significant Changes:
• HPLIP Plugin support for ARMv6,ARMv7 and aarch64 architectures
• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Color LaserJet Pro M252dw
• HP Color LaserJet Pro M252n
• HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277n
• HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277dw
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553n
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553dn
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553x
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553dh
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M552dn
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M604n
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M604dn
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M605dn
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M605n
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M605x
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M606x
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M606dn
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 8.0 (RC)
• LinuxMint 17.1
• Ubuntu 15.04 (Beta)
• Issues fixed:
• "Auto agree with license" option is set by default while resolving the dependencies with auto installation of HPLIP
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1328074 - Installation fails when Downloads directory does not exist
• 1424539 - Updated driver plugin information in website
• 1152219 - hplip driver plugin support for ARM architecture
• 1328601 - FC20 latest version of HPLIP the "ready light" keeps flashing after print job is done
• 1388180 - hp-sendfax complains about Pre-2.0 version of Reportlab

What is new in version 3.15.2:

• Significant Changes:
• Python3 support for HPLIP
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 7.7, 7.8
• OpenSuse 13.2
• Fedora 21
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1388126 - Doesn't build against libjpeg-turbo 1.3.90
• 1395676 - hpcups crashes if DEVICE_URI not set in environment
• 1388007 - Incorrect call to hpmudext.device_open
• 1187055 - plugin download fails if python links to python3
• 802999 - Incorrect IEEE 1284 Device IDs for many models

What is new in version 3.14.10:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Deskjet 2541 All-in-One Printer
• HP Envy 4501 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 4503 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 4505 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 4507 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 4508 e-All-in-One
• HP ENVY 5534 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP Envy 5640 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 5642 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 5643 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 5644 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 5660 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 5665 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 7640 e-All-in-One
• HP Envy 7645 e-All-in-One
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M125r
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M125ra
• HP LaserJet Pro M201n Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro M201dw Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro M202n Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro M202dw Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M225rdn
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M225dw
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M225dn
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M226dw
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M226dn
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M630dn
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M630f
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M630h
• HP LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M630z
• HP Officejet 5740 e-All-in-One
• HP Officejet 5742 e-All-in-One
• HP Officejet 5745 e-All-in-One
• HP OfficeJet 8040 e-All-in-One
• HP OfficeJet 6810 e-All-in-One Printer Series
• HP OfficeJet 6812 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 6815 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 7612 Wide Format e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 6230 ePrinter
• HP OfficeJet Pro 6830 e-All-in-one
• HP OfficeJet Pro 6835 e-All-in-one
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8616 e-All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 6.0.10
• Debian 7.6
• Ubuntu 14.10 Beta
• RHEL 7.0
• Issues fixed:
• Traceback error occurs while configuring the device using 'hp-setup '.
• Traceback error occurs while sending fax when SELinux is enabled.
• Launchpad fixes:
• 250073 - Installation of 3.14.6 complains about failed install of non-existing package cupsys-bsd on Debian 7.
• 1255033 - Updated comment in 56-hpmud.rules file

What is new in version 3.14.6:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP DesignJet Z6600 PostScript
• HP DesignJet Z6800PS Photo
• HP DesignJet D5800 60-in Production Printer
• HP DesignJet T3500 36-in Production eMFP
• HP Designjet T7200 42-in Production Printer
• HP Deskjet 2543 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 2549 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8640 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8660 e-All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Boss 5.0
• Debian 7.5
• Linux Mint 17
• Issues fixed:
• Fixed Device Communication Error on launching HP Device Manager
• Unable to add/remove file in 'hp-sendfax' wizard
• Fax cover page does not get changed after changing recipient second time
• Improved scan performance for 'hp-scan' utility
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1310869 - hplip updates my public key ring and changes its ownership to "root"
• 1318956 - avahi.py:64:detectNetworkDevices:ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

What is new in version 3.14.4:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M651dn Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M651n Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M651xh Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise Multifunction M680dn Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise Multifunction M680f Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise Flow Multifunction M680z Printer
• HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP M476dw
• HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP M476nw
• HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP M476dn
• HP Designjet T795 44-in ePrinter
• HP DeskJet 1511 All-in-One Printer
• HP DeskJet 1011 Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M128fn
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M128fp
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M128fw
• HP LaserJet Pro M701a Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro M701n Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro M706n Printer
• HP Officejet Enterprise Color X555dn Printer
• HP Officejet Enterprise Color X555xh Printer
• HP Officejet Enterprise Color X585dn Multifunction Printer
• HP Officejet Enterprise Color X585f Multifunction Printer
• HP Officejet Enterprise Color Flow X585z Multifunction Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8610 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8615 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8625 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8630 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 4631 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 4634 e-All-in-One printer
• HP OfficeJet 4636 e-All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Ubuntu 14.04 Beta
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1299955 hp-logcapture captures personal information

What is new in version 3.14.3:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 4640 e-All-in-One Printer series
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 4645 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 4646 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 4648 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M125a
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M125nw
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M125rnw
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M126a
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M126nw
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M127fp
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 6.0.9,7.3,7.4
• Fedora 20
• Linux Mint 16
• Issues fixed:
• Fixed align functionality issue with HP OfficeJet 6100
• Systray notification does not pop-up after configuring the device using 'hp-setup' command
• Unable to configure second fax queue in interactive mode
• Fixed missing 'No 6 3/4 Envelope' media size for HP OfficeJet 7619 Series
• Printer name does not change when navigate back and forward to change the printer queue configuration through 'hp-setup'
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1273905 - printer name changes when power cycled
• 1266704 - hp-config_usb_printer is trying to configure HP keyboard and mouse
• 1253432 - "HP Device Manager" deletes other queues (Ubuntu hplip 3.13.9-1)
• 1250806 - hpcups filter crash fix
• 1273043 - Error with 'hp-setup'
• 1255033 - Should run hp-firmware from udev separately
• 1266011 - Do not put static printer-independent strings like "Automatically setup by HPLIP" into the description field of a CUPS queue, remote clients use the description to identify network printers

What is new in version 3.14.1:

• Significant Changes:
• Added digital signature validation in HPLIP upgrade feature
• Issues fixed:
• CVE-2013-6427: hplip: insecure auto update feature
• CVE-2013-6402: hplip: insecure temporary file handling in pkit.py

What is new in version 3.13.11:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Color LaserJet Pro MPF M176 series
• HP Color LaserJet Pro MPF M176n
• HP Color LaserJet Pro MPF M177 series
• HP Color LaserJet Pro MPF M177fw
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M750 Printer series
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M750n
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M750dn
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M750xh
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M855 Printer series
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M855dn Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M855xh Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M855x+ Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise flow M880 Multifunction Printer series
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise flow M880z Multifunction Printer
• HP Color LaserJet Enterprise flow M880z+ Multifunction Printer
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M127 series
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M127fn
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M127fw
• HP Officejet 2620 All-in-One
• HP Officejet 2621 All-in-One
• HP Officejet 2622 All-in-One
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 7.2
• Debian 6.0.8
• Issues fixed:
• Added Pin Printing support for HP LaserJet m5035 MFP device

What is new in version 3.13.10:

• Significant Changes:
• Users will not be added to "lp" group. For administrative operation(example - Add, remove, start and stop queue etc.), which requires "lp" group privileges, users will be prompted to provide necessary authentication
• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP ENVY 5531 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP ENVY 5532 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP DesignJet T2500 36-in PostScript eMultifunction Printer
• HP Deskjet 1514 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 2544 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2645 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2646 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2548 All-in-One Printer
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M806 Printer Series
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M806dn Printer
• HP LaserJet Enterprise M806x+ Printer
• HP LaserJet Enterprise flow M830z Multifunction Printer
• HP LaserJet Enterprise flow M830 Mutlifunction Printer Series
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Ubuntu 13.10 Beta
• OpenSuse 13.1 Beta
• Launchpad fixes:
• 483217 - Possibility to install html documentation to a different destination than text documentation in docdir
• 1220628 - Added firmware upload functionality during 'hp-setup' for firmware devices.
• 1197416 - unsolicited "usermod -a -G sys,lp " plus incomprehensible request popup for root password
• Issues fixed:
• Password utilities(example - gksu, kdesu and gnomesu etc.)dependency removed to validate password
• Supported duplex scan for HP OfficeJet Pro 7410
• Fix for CVE-2013-4325:Insecure Polkit use

What is new in version 3.13.8:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Deskjet 1510 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 1512 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 1513 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 2540 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 2542 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1010 Printer Series
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1015 Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1510 All-in-One Printer Series
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1515 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1516 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3540 e-All-in-One Printer Series
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3545 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3546 e-All-in-One Printer
• Launchpad fixes:
• 233393 - Smart install disable popup is coming for HP pen drive and HP CD/DVD ROM
• Change log:
• Added support for Avahi network printer browsing
• Using SLP protocol by default to browse printer in hp-setup
• Fix for Failing to install libtool package in Fedora 18 during HPLIP installation

What is new in version 3.13.7:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP Deskjet 1010 Printer
• HP Deskjet 1012 Printer
• HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP ENVY 5535 e-All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 7610 Wide Format e-All-in-One Printer
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Debian 7.1
• Fedora 19
• Launchpad fixes:
• 746814 - CVE-2010-4267 Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability
• 1195221 - Unable to install plugin for network printer Laserjet 2600n
• 1197306 - HP laserjet 1020 not printing on Ubuntu12.10 after power cycle the printer
• 1196335 - HPLIP 3.13.6 stop working after shutting down/rebooting the computer
• Issues fixed:
• Unable to launch "Align Cartrides" and "Clean Cartridges" interfaces from HP Device Manager
• Lot of debug prints(File Pointer is NULL) are found in syslog even when hpLogLevel is not 15
• Updated plugin-reason for HP LaserJet Professional P1607dn Printer Series

What is new in version 3.13.5:

• Added Support for the Following New Printers:
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M725 series
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M725dn
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M725fw
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M725z
• HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M725z+
• HP Officejet Pro 3610 Black and White e-All-in-One
• HP Officejet Pro 3620 Black and White e-All-in-One
• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• Ubuntu 13.04
• Debian 7.0
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1176470 hp-setup fails with the message "ethernet cable is plugged in" But it isn't
• 1157701 soapfax.py:139:setStationName:UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-3: ordinal not in range(128)
• 1163339 hplip online documentation: manual tarball installation shows package dependancies which are out-of-date
• Issues fixed:
• Bottom margin is not printing on 8.5x13in paper size for DeskJet 2050 J510 device
• Fixed cross resolution issue for pcl3gui2
• Detailed Change Log:
• Added 56-hpmud.rules and removed 56-hpmud_support, 86-hpmud_plugin, 56-hpmud_add_printer, 55-hpmud and 40-hplip rules
• Added hplip-printer@.service to support systemd services in Udev for OpenSuSe 12.3

What is new in version 3.13.3:

• Added support for the following new Distro's:
• LinuxMint 14
• Launchpad fixes:
• 1131596 - Not able to install HP 3.13.2 plugin
• 1130272 - hplip-3.13.2 installation stalls
• 1099853 - Fix use of PIL(Python Imaging Library) to support Pillow
• Issues fixed:
• "Device Manager" window disappears after entering wrong password in authentication window three times.
• Traceback message appears in terminal when pressed "Ctrl+C" button on the keyboard while configuring the device through 'hp-setup'