I experience a similar problem: I do not manage to let HPLIP Device Manager to recognize my HP Color LaserJet 2600n printer. It sees the network printer but it is not able to download/install the requested plug-in. Any suggestion, please? Thanks Manolo Ubuntu 10.10 Kernel 2.6.35-28-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP mano@mano-laptop:~$ hp-setup -g HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6) Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0 Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard 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. hp-setup[5177]: debug: param= hp-setup[5177]: debug: Starting GUI loop... Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=(None) desc=0, method=mdns) hp-setup[5177]: debug: Probing bus: net hp-setup[5177]: debug: Outgoing: (44) hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0000: 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f 5f 70 64 ............._pd hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0010: 6c 2d 64 61 74 61 73 74 72 65 61 6d 04 5f 74 63 l-datastream._tc hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0020: 70 05 6c 6f 63 61 6c 00 00 0c 00 01 p.local..... hp-setup[5177]: debug: Incoming: (414) hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0000: 00 00 84 00 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 03 0f 5f 70 64 ............._pd hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0010: 6c 2d 64 61 74 61 73 74 72 65 61 6d 04 5f 74 63 l-datastream._tc hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0020: 70 05 6c 6f 63 61 6c 00 00 0c 00 01 c0 0c 00 0c p.local......... hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0030: 00 01 00 00 00 0a 00 1a 17 48 50 20 43 6f 6c 6f .........HP Colo hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0040: 72 20 4c 61 73 65 72 4a 65 74 20 32 36 30 30 6e r LaserJet 2600n hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0050: c0 0c c0 38 00 21 00 01 00 00 00 0a 00 12 00 00 ...8.!.......... hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0060: 00 00 23 8c 09 4e 50 49 36 34 44 44 46 38 c0 21 ..#..NPI64DDF8.! hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0070: c0 38 00 10 00 01 00 00 00 0a 01 12 09 74 78 74 .8...........txt hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0080: 76 65 72 73 3d 31 08 71 74 6f 74 61 6c 3d 31 38 vers=1.qtotal=18 hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0090: 70 64 6c 3d 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2f pdl=application/ hp-setup[5177]: debug: 00a0: 76 6e 64 2e 7a 65 6e 6f 2d 7a 6a 73 2c 61 70 70 vnd.zeno-zjs,app hp-setup[5177]: debug: 00b0: 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2f 76 6e 64 2e 63 75 70 lication/vnd.cup hp-setup[5177]: debug: 00c0: 73 2d 72 61 73 74 65 72 1a 74 79 3d 48 50 20 43 s-raster.ty=HP C hp-setup[5177]: debug: 00d0: 6f 6c 6f 72 20 4c 61 73 65 72 4a 65 74 20 32 36 olor LaserJet 26 hp-setup[5177]: debug: 00e0: 30 30 6e 31 70 72 6f 64 75 63 74 3d 28 48 65 77 00n1product=(Hew hp-setup[5177]: debug: 00f0: 6c 65 74 74 2d 50 61 63 6b 61 72 64 20 48 50 20 lett-Packard HP hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0100: 43 6f 6c 6f 72 20 4c 61 73 65 72 4a 65 74 20 32 Color LaserJet 2 hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0110: 36 30 30 6e 29 0b 70 72 69 6f 72 69 74 79 3d 33 600n).priority=3 hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0120: 30 1d 61 64 6d 69 6e 75 72 6c 3d 68 74 74 70 3a 0.adminurl=http: hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0130: 2f 2f 33 39 2e 32 32 35 2e 39 36 2e 31 31 39 17 //39.225.96.119. hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0140: 75 73 62 5f 4d 46 47 3d 48 65 77 6c 65 74 74 2d usb_MFG=Hewlett- hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0150: 50 61 63 6b 61 72 64 1f 75 73 62 5f 4d 44 4c 3d Packard.usb_MDL= hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0160: 48 50 20 43 6f 6c 6f 72 20 4c 61 73 65 72 4a 65 HP Color LaserJe hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0170: 74 20 32 36 30 30 6e 0d 54 72 61 6e 73 70 61 72 t 2600n.Transpar hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0180: 65 6e 74 3d 54 08 42 69 6e 61 72 79 3d 54 c0 64 ent=T.Binary=T.d hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0190: 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 0a 00 04 27 e1 60 77 ..........'.`w hp-setup[5177]: debug: Response: ID=0 FLAGS=0x8400 Q=1 A=1 AUTH=0 ADD=3 hp-setup[5177]: debug: Q: _pdl-datastream._tcp.local. TYPE=12 CLASS=1 hp-setup[5177]: debug: PTR: HP Color LaserJet 2600n._pdl-datastream._tcp.local. hp-setup[5177]: debug: SRV: NPI64DDF8.local. TTL=18 PRI=0 WT=0 PORT=9100 hp-setup[5177]: debug: TXT: {'Binary': 'T', 'product': '(Hewlett-Packard HP Color LaserJet 2600n)', 'usb_MDL': 'HP Color LaserJet 2600n', 'ty': 'HP Color LaserJet 2600n', 'adminurl': 'http://39.225.96.119', 'qtotal': '1', 'priority': '30', 'usb_MFG': 'Hewlett-Packard', 'pdl': 'application/vnd.zeno-zjs,application/vnd.cups-raster', 'txtvers': '1', 'Transparent': 'T'} hp-setup[5177]: debug: A: 39.225.96.119 hp-setup[5177]: debug: Outgoing: (82) hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0000: 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 0f 5f 70 64 ............._pd hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0010: 6c 2d 64 61 74 61 73 74 72 65 61 6d 04 5f 74 63 l-datastream._tc hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0020: 70 05 6c 6f 63 61 6c 00 00 0c 00 01 c0 0c 00 0c p.local......... hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0030: 00 01 00 00 ff ff 00 1a 17 48 50 20 43 6f 6c 6f .........HP Colo hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0040: 72 20 4c 61 73 65 72 4a 65 74 20 32 36 30 30 6e r LaserJet 2600n hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0050: c0 0c .. hp-setup[5177]: debug: Outgoing: (82) hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0000: 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 0f 5f 70 64 ............._pd hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0010: 6c 2d 64 61 74 61 73 74 72 65 61 6d 04 5f 74 63 l-datastream._tc hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0020: 70 05 6c 6f 63 61 6c 00 00 0c 00 01 c0 0c 00 0c p.local......... hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0030: 00 01 00 00 ff ff 00 1a 17 48 50 20 43 6f 6c 6f .........HP Colo hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0040: 72 20 4c 61 73 65 72 4a 65 74 20 32 36 30 30 6e r LaserJet 2600n hp-setup[5177]: debug: 0050: c0 0c .. hp-setup[5177]: debug: Found 1 devices hp-setup[5177]: debug: Cache miss: hp_color_laserjet_2600n hp-setup[5177]: debug: Reading file: /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat hp-setup[5177]: debug: Searching for section [hp_color_laserjet_2600n] in file /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat hp-setup[5177]: debug: Found section [hp_color_laserjet_2600n] in file /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat hp-setup[5177]: debug: hp:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_2600n?zc=NPI64DDF8: back_end:hp is_hp:True bus:net model:HP_Color_LaserJet_2600n serial: dev_file: host:NPI64DDF8 zc:NPI64DDF8 port:1 hp-setup[5177]: debug: hp:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_2600n?zc=NPI64DDF8: back_end:hp is_hp:True bus:net model:HP_Color_LaserJet_2600n serial: dev_file: host:NPI64DDF8 zc:NPI64DDF8 port:1 hp-setup[5177]: debug: hp:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_2600n?zc=NPI64DDF8: back_end:hp is_hp:True bus:net model:HP_Color_LaserJet_2600n serial: dev_file: host:NPI64DDF8 zc:NPI64DDF8 port:1 hp-setup[5177]: debug: Unable to open file installer/distros.dat for reading. hp-setup[5177]: debug: [] hp-setup[5177]: debug: plugin is not installed hp-setup[5177]: debug: Using PolicyKit for authentication hp-setup[5177]: debug: hp-plugin -u --required --reason 1 hp-setup[5177]: debug: HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6) Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1 Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard 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. / hp-setup[5177]: debug: Checking for network connection... - hp-setup[5177]: debug:Downloading configuration file from: http://hplip.sf.net/plugin.conf hp-setup[5177]: debug: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/plugindialog.py", line 249, in NextButton_clicked self.plugin_download_callback) File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 1851, in get_plugin_info filename, headers = urllib.urlretrieve(plugin_conf_url, local_conf, callback) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 264, in retrieve size = int(headers["Content-Length"]) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '7332, 7332' hp-setup[5177]: debug: Checking for network connection... | hp-setup[5177]: debug:Downloading configuration file from: http://hplip.sf.net/plugin.conf hp-setup[5177]: debug: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/plugindialog.py", line 249, in NextButton_clicked self.plugin_download_callback) File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 1851, in get_plugin_info filename, headers = urllib.urlretrieve(plugin_conf_url, local_conf, callback) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 264, in retrieve size = int(headers["Content-Length"]) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '7332, 7332' hp-setup[5177]: debug: Checking for network connection... Downloading configuration file from: http://hplip.sf.net/plugin.conf hp-setup[5177]: debug: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/hplip/ui4/plugindialog.py", line 249, in NextButton_clicked self.plugin_download_callback) File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 1851, in get_plugin_info filename, headers = urllib.urlretrieve(plugin_conf_url, local_conf, callback) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 264, in retrieve size = int(headers["Content-Length"]) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '7332, 7332' hp-setup[5177]: debug: Done. hp-setup[5177]: debug: plugin is not installed error: The printer you are trying to setup requires a binary driver plug-in and it failed to install. Please check your internet connection and try again. Visit http://hplipopensource.com for more infomation. Done. mano@mano-laptop:~$