Can you recommend a source for photsmart printers if that's the way I have to go? attachment-1-add-printer.JPG attachment-2-add-printer. It seems to me that only photosmarts use these cartridges. Perhaps the windows update program stuck the old driver into a hiding place? I can't find it.įinally, if II have to buy a new printer, I'd want to get one that uses the same ink supply because I have ink. I don't have a disk that came with the printer, nor any backup disks. Should I use a different one such as Photosmart 5520 or 6520? Do you have another way around this? But in the next screen (attachment 2) there are several photosmart drivers but not C6280. Installing an HP Printer with an Alternate Driver in Windows 7 for a USB Cable Connection. This is HP’s official website to download the correct drivers free of cost for Windows and Mac. At first (see attachment 1) it appears that Windows recognizes the 6200 series. Download the latest drivers, firmware, and software for your HP Photosmart 5520 e-All-in-One Printer series. I tried downloading a driver from HP and, when that did not work, did all the steps in HPs lengthy "fix" suggestions. When I recently upgraded (via download) the OS to Windows 10 home, the printer did not "go along for the ride". I believe that my problem now is only that applications can't see the printer which according to Arch Wiki is a problem related to file /etc/cups/client.The printer worked under Windows 7 for many years. Using this procedure now i could print the test page using cups web utility but when I try to print a PDF directly from PDF reader Evince i still can't see the printer. There you must click "add new printer" and use login details for a root user (ID=root, PW= root's password)! Then choose the printer (which must have obtained an IP earlier to become the part of the network) and add it. You have to use the cups web utillity! First you have to install all the packages, run the cups deamon and then insert into a browser address bar to get into the cups web utility. What I have learned is NOT TO USE hp-setup -i, hp-setup -u or hp-setup 192.168.1.14 to setup your printer! It is somehow bugged and it won't work. Simply run the tool and follow the on-screen instructions. While it looked like a cucess (no "web" interface was used whatsoever) my printer wasn't listed once I opened Evince.ĮDIT - FINALY SOME SUCESS BUT NOT QUITE THERE YET Description: Printer Install Wizard driver for HP Photosmart 5520 The HP Printer Install Wizard for Windows was created to help Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 10 users download and install the latest and most appropriate HP software solution for their HP Printer. I assume that the error colored in red is because during setup hp-setup couldnt locate PPD file by itself, but i solved that by locating it manualy. I klicked OK and i got the terminal output like this: I then inserted some info and located the PPD file: What i got was this QT popup window where I could choose my printer: What I normally do is read from top to bottom anyways, and highlight the areas that focus on my situation. If a part is confusing, state which part? Since printer installation has a large variance depending on driver support/installation, there are going to be information on the wiki that doesn't apply to you. Please take a look at the wiki and see if further information can help you. The scenario is similar to what you experienced earlier. This part is from the HP Printer segment of the CUPS wiki. After a reboot, you should have a fully working printer. Finally, install the printer manually using the CUPS web ui, select the PPD file you retrieved then re-install hplip. The workaround consists of installing hplip first, retrieving the corresponding PPD file from /usr/share/ppd/HP/, then, removing hplip entirely and the unnecessary dependencies. Note: hplip depends on foomatic-db-engine which prevents the drivers list from appearing when a printer is added to CUPS via the web user interface (following error : "Unable to get list of printer drivers").
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