On 8/8/21 11:11 AM, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
On 8/8/21 2:06 AM, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
Hello,
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Subject : setup HP 2755 wireless (only!) printer--how Message-ID : <b7dbc19c-3870-e858-e379-0f53359a54e7@optonline.net> Date & Time: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 22:17:16 -0400
[DM] == Douglas McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> has written:
DM> Bought an HP printer to act as backup, but can't figure out how DM> to install it in Linux. [...] DM> if I turn it off.
DM> Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.103 DM> Host is up (0.0043s latency). DM> MAC Address: 14:CB:19:62:68:71 (Unknown)
DM> Will try and call HP on Monday, but experience tells me that DM> whoever I get will know nothing about Linux.
Install hplip 3.21.4 files from;
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Printing/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/
Then, you can find the 'DeskJet 2700 series' via YaST.
Regars, I'm sure you mean well, but I don't see anything downloadable there, in spite of what it says. Please clarify! --doug
It is actually in the hplip-hpijs package. The ppd file lives at /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/hp-deskjet_2700_series.ppd.gz. Install the packages hplip and hplip-hpijs with YaST Software Management, then run the HP Device Manager from the KDE menu. Under Device use Setup Device, choose which method based on whether you have it connected via USB or wireless (if you use wireless, make sure that there is a dhcp address available from your router).
--dg I thank all of you who so generously chimed in. I never got the thing to work in Linux, and I decided I don't like it anyway. It doesn't duplex, and the source paper sits out in the open above the back of the machine. (I should have realized from the pictures of it that it didn't have room for paper inside. I had a printer like that a long time ago, and I found
On 8/8/21 12:58 PM, DennisG wrote: that since I live in a climate that gets quite humid in warm weather, the paper will curl.) I will donate it so that some school child can use it for homework, and I'll take the tax write-off. I did find a refurb HP LaserJet like the one that got destroyed by lightning, so I think I'll buy it. (At least I know it works on this system!) Live and learn! --doug