Re: hp-plugin doesn't work in hplip-3.17.9 - move to 3.17.10 if you need

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If plugin download doesn't work even after update, please try
uninstalling hplip and reinstalling it again from updates-testing
repository.


On 10/26/2017 12:25 PM, Zdenek Dohnal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> HP changed website this week, which has consequences for getting hp
> proprietary plugin - it cannot be downloaded anymore for hplip-3.17.9,
> which is in stable Fedoras (f25 and f26) and Fedora 27. It means anyone,
> who has printer, which needs this proprietary plugin (there is the list,
> where some of them are mentioned
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/binaary_plugin.html
> ), isn't able to install this printer.
>
> Tool hp-plugin (tool which downloads this plugin) tries two url for
> download - first, the openprinting.org and then hplipopensource.com.
> Issue is that hplipopensource.com url doesn't work anymore after moving
> to new HP website and plugin isn't on openprinting.org. I reported it to
> upstream several times about uploading plugin into openprinting.org
> website, but without answer (probably because it was available on
> hplipopensource.com). That's the situation for hplip-3.17.9.
>
> Luckily, there is hplip-3.17.10 in updates-testing repository, which has
> plugin on openprinting.org. So if someone now needs to install printer,
> which needs proprietary plugin, please update hplip to 3.17.10 from
> updates-testing repository. If you have such printer installed already
> or your printer doesn't need proprietary plugin, this issue shouldn't
> have impact on you.
>
> I'm sorry for inconvenience (this issue is already reported
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1727628 ).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Zdenek
>

-- 
Zdenek Dohnal
Associate Software Engineer
Red Hat Czech - Brno TPB-C


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