Installing HP LaserJet P1005

[creative-2008]

I have a pretty old HP Laserjet P1005 printer. I had this working on an older Raspberry Pi, and even managed to set-up Google Cloud Print and AirPrint, which was incredible handy. It took a lot of messing around though to get the printer even working locally, and I'm not sure which of the guides that I followed was correct.

I've just started trying to install it on the 3B+, and this is the process that I've followed.

1) Downloaded HP Lib and started to install this. I got stuck at a prompt for my password, which it repeatedly rejected. I googled this and there was a workaround, but a lot of forum posts suggesting that this wasn't the best way to go about it, and that it was better to install CUPS... which I do remember using before.

2) I have successfully installed CUPS. It rejected my login at first, but I added my username to the printer group, using the command below that I found on a forum.

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  sudo usermod -aG lpadmin <your_username> 

After that command, I can login at localhost:631 and my printer is recognised twice. I have tried installing it using both options but either way I get the same error when I try to print a test page.

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ID	Name	User	Size	Pages	State	Control
HP_LaserJet_P1005-4 	Unknown 	Withheld 	1k 	Unknown 	stopped 
"Filter failed"	    

Does anyone have any suggestions?

What I'm hoping for is that I can write myself out a little guide that I can follow next time, rather than blindly running around in circles like I did last time until it finally works.

[fruitoftheloom]

I have a pretty old HP Laserjet P1005 printer. I had this working on an older Raspberry Pi, and even managed to set-up Google Cloud Print and AirPrint, which was incredible handy. It took a lot of messing around though to get the printer even working locally, and I'm not sure which of the guides that I followed was correct.

I've just started trying to install it on the 3B+, and this is the process that I've followed.

1) Downloaded HP Lib and started to install this. I got stuck at a prompt for my password, which it repeatedly rejected. I googled this and there was a workaround, but a lot of forum posts suggesting that this wasn't the best way to go about it, and that it was better to install CUPS... which I do remember using before.

2) I have successfully installed CUPS. It rejected my login at first, but I added my username to the printer group, using the command below that I found on a forum.

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  sudo usermod -aG lpadmin <your_username> 

After that command, I can login at localhost:631 and my printer is recognised twice. I have tried installing it using both options but either way I get the same error when I try to print a test page.

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ID	Name	User	Size	Pages	State	Control
HP_LaserJet_P1005-4 	Unknown 	Withheld 	1k 	Unknown 	stopped 
"Filter failed"	    

Does anyone have any suggestions?

What I'm hoping for is that I can write myself out a little guide that I can follow next time, rather than blindly running around in circles like I did last time until it finally works.

Rasbian Stretch, install HPLIP from repository not from the website:

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sudo apt update
sudo apt install hplip

The correct syntax for adding a user is:

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sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi

http://www.penguintutor.com/linux/printing-cups

[creative-2008]

Rasbian Stretch, install HPLIP from repository not from the website:

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sudo apt update
sudo apt install hplip

I've just tried this, and received a message to say that it's already installed.

The correct syntax for adding a user is:

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sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi

http://www.penguintutor.com/linux/printing-cups

Thanks for that. I've updated my document with that.


I've also install several more 'things' which I think are driver packages. One is called foomatic. Now there's a selection of drivers I can choose for my printer, but nothing happens when I print. It just lists the job as completed, without the printer making so much as a noise.


I don't know if it's relevant, but there are two printers for me to choose from when I am installing a printer. I'm going for the top one at the moment, but have experimented with the bottom one earlier.

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sb://HP/LaserJet%20P1005?serial=BC0GFTX
Local Printers:	 VNC Remote Printer (VNC Printer)
 HP LaserJet P1005 (HP LaserJet P1005)
 

[fruitoftheloom]

Rasbian Stretch, install HPLIP from repository not from the website:

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sudo apt update
sudo apt install hplip

I've just tried this, and received a message to say that it's already installed.

The correct syntax for adding a user is:

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sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi

http://www.penguintutor.com/linux/printing-cups

Thanks for that. I've updated my document with that.


I've also install several more 'things' which I think are driver packages. One is called foomatic. Now there's a selection of drivers I can choose for my printer, but nothing happens when I print. It just lists the job as completed, without the printer making so much as a noise.


I don't know if it's relevant, but there are two printers for me to choose from when I am installing a printer. I'm going for the top one at the moment, but have experimented with the bottom one earlier.

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sb://HP/LaserJet%20P1005?serial=BC0GFTX
Local Printers:	 VNC Remote Printer (VNC Printer)
 HP LaserJet P1005 (HP LaserJet P1005)
 

If the Printer is connected via USB the correct driver is hplip, you appear to have over-complicated the simple instructions, maybe best to start afresh ??

[creative-2008]

Foolishly, I don't have a back-up from before starting this, so I would have to start again. Need the Pi up and running for the next few weeks, so I guess it will have to wait.

When I do start with a fresh image is this the process that you're suggesting:

1) Install hplip using apt-get install

2) Install CUPS

3) Access CUPS from localhost:631 and install printer using hplips driver?

[fruitoftheloom]

Foolishly, I don't have a back-up from before starting this, so I would have to start again. Need the Pi up and running for the next few weeks, so I guess it will have to wait.

When I do start with a fresh image is this the process that you're suggesting:

1) Install hplip using apt-get install

2) Install CUPS

3) Access CUPS from localhost:631 and install printer using hplips driver?

2) will install with 1) as it is a dependency:

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/hplip


3) yes after using correct syntax to be a member of lpadmin..

[creative-2008]

Much appreciated

[reporteric]

Happy that worked for you. I seem to struggle with the hp plug-in required for said printer to work. Using dietpi as a distro, I followed this guy's https://davesteele.github.io/raspberryp ... loudprint/ guide to set up cups. I don't seem to be able to install the plug-in getting a checksum error in either hp-setup or hp-plugin on my pi. It's that known?

[fruitoftheloom]

Happy that worked for you. I seem to struggle with the hp plug-in required for said printer to work. Using dietpi as a distro, I followed this guy's https://davesteele.github.io/raspberryp ... loudprint/ guide to set up cups. I don't seem to be able to install the plug-in getting a checksum error in either hp-setup or hp-plugin on my pi. It's that known?

You are following out of date tutorials and information.

The currently supported Raspberry Pi with Desktop Operating System since the December 2020 update / upgrade includes printer support,:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-ra ... mber-2020/