hp-setup and hp-plugin do not work

[Benjamin]

Hi,

I am running UBUNTU 18.04 and have the printer HP LaserJet 100 color MFP m175nw. I am trying to installed HPLIP 3.17.10 with "sudo apt install hplip" and "sudo apt install hplip-gui" without any problem.

However, the commands "hp-setup" and "hp-plugin" are not working. For both I have the following error:
/usr/bin/python3: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object

When I run "hp-check -b" I have the following result:

####################

Saving output in log file: /home/benjamin/Downloads/hp-check.log

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.10)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the
HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies
are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro
supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball
has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode
will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).

Check types:
a. EXTERNALDEP - External Dependencies
b. GENERALDEP - General Dependencies (required both at compile and run time)
c. COMPILEDEP - Compile time Dependencies
d. [All are run-time checks]
PYEXT SCANCONF QUEUES PERMISSION

Status Types:
    OK
    MISSING - Missing Dependency or Permission or Plug-in
    INCOMPAT - Incompatible dependency-version or Plugin-version

warning: 12-18.04 version is not supported. Using 12-17.04 versions dependencies to verify and install...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------

 Kernel: 4.15.0-65-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 17 17:06:04 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux
 Host: benjamin-desktop
 Proc: 4.15.0-65-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 17 17:06:04 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux
 Distribution: 12 18.04
 Bitness: 64 bit

-----------------------
| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
-----------------------

HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.17.10
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for 12 distro 18.04 version

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=3.17.10

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hplip
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip
html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-doc
icon=no
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv
bin=/usr/bin
apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
libusb01-build=no
pp-build=yes
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.17.10
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt5
qt3=no
qt4=no
qt5=yes
policy-kit=yes
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
apparmor_build=no

Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory

Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[installation]
date_time = 10/09/19 18:30:24
version = 3.17.10

 <Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>

-------------------------
| External Dependencies |
-------------------------

 cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.2.7 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running'
 gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.26 OK -
 xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK -
 scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.27 OK -
 dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.13.2 OK -
 policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK -
 network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.19.4 OK -
 avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.7 OK -

------------------------
| General Dependencies |
------------------------

 libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK -
 cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK -
 cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK -
 libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - b'2.27' OK -
 libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK -
 sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK -
 sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - OK -
 libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.7.3 OK -
 libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.1 OK -
 python3X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.6.7 OK -
 python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK -
 python3-pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 OPTIONAL 4.0 4.12.1 OK -
 python3-pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 4.12.1 OK -
 python3-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.6 OK -
 python3-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.5 OK -
 python3-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.6.7 OK -
 python3-pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK -
 python3-reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.4.0 OK -

--------------
| COMPILEDEP |
--------------

 libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK -
 gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 7.4.0 OK -
 make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.1 OK -

---------------------
| Python Extentions |
---------------------

 cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK -
 hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK -

----------------------
| Scan Configuration |
----------------------

 hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
 scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK -

------------------------------
| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
------------------------------

No Scanner found.

--------------------------
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
--------------------------

No devices found.

---------------------------------
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
---------------------------------

--------------
| PERMISSION |
--------------

No errors or warnings.

Done.

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Thanks in advance.

[brian_p (claremont102)]

Please say whether the device is using USB or a network connection and post what you get for 'lpinfo -v'.

--
Brian.

[Benjamin (benjamin-rache-salles)]

Hello Brian,

The device is using a network connection. I have the following message when a run 'lpinfo -v':

#######
file cups-brf:/
network ipps
network http
network lpd
network beh
network socket
serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
network https
network ipp
direct hp
direct parallel:/dev/lp0
direct hpfax
network dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%20100%20colorMFP%20M175nw%20(76BFBE)._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=42524453-4637-5031-5042-2c59e576bfbe
network socket://192.168.0.106
network ipp://NPI76BFBE.local:631/ipp/printer
#############

[brian_p (claremont102)]

Hello Benjamin,

My only concern is to get you printing and not to debug HPLIP behaviour.

Install the plugin as indicated at

  https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSPrintQueues#hp

Set up a print queue (without typing the angle brackets) with

  lpadmin -p m175 -v hp:/net/hp_laserjet_100_colormfp_m175?ip=192.168.0.106 -E -m <PPD>

The PPD is got from

  lpinfo -m | grep -i m175

Can you print with

  lp -d m175 /etc/nsswitch.conf

and scan with xsane or simple-scan?

--
Brian.

[brian_p (claremont102)]

Any chance of knowing whether the advice was contructive?

[Benjamin (benjamin-rache-salles)]

Hello Brian,

I am really sorry for this late reply. I was traveling for work and had other problems to solve after I came back to work. So before following your suggestion, I tried to print and to scan some documents. I could print (do know why) but the scan is still not working.

So, the command

   lpinfo -m | grep -i m175

results in the following

*****
hplip:0/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
hplip:1/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
hplip:2/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
hplip:3/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
hplip:4/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
hplip:5/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
hplip:6/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
hplip:7/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:0/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:1/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:2/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:3/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:4/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:5/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:6/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
postscript-hp:7/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
*****

I guess there are so many outputs because of the several times I tried to reinstall HPLIP. What should I do regarding this? I decided to use the first line for <PPD>:

 lpadmin -p m175 -v hp:/net/hp_laserjet_100_colormfp_m175?ip=192.168.0.106 -E -mhplip:0/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_100_color_mfp_m175-ps.ppd

After this, I still cannot scan.
Sorry again for this late reply.

[Ashic Mahtab (xyrochron)]

I'm using Arch, and I've found a workaround for this. In /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.bat (or wherever the hplip models file is), there's a section with the title:

[hp_laserjet_100_colormfp_m175]

It has a bunch of models listed under it. Changing the section header to

[hp_laserjet_100_colormfp_m175nw]

and running hpsetup -i fixed it for me. Both printing and scanning works. I'm guessing when searching on the network, it's only looking for the header text, and not finding the nw, it says nothing's found. At one point, I had it all working, but upgrading hplip reset the file. Printing continued to work, but scanning didn't. Changing the above mentioned header and running hpsetup -i fixed it. Note, I didn't need to create another print queue. Reusing the old one worked just fine.