However in the interim I have run hp-check, identified that it is apparently not seeing the printer on the usb port because it does not recognise the model. I believe cp1217 is identical to cp1215. So I copied the cp1215 section of the model data and labelled it 1217. Hey presto it works I can see the printer, install it via hp-setup and it prints.
Fedora 16 comes with 3.11.10.
However in the interim I have run hp-check, identified that it is apparently not seeing the printer on the usb port because it does not recognise the model. I believe cp1217 is identical to cp1215. So I copied the cp1215 section of the model data and labelled it 1217. Hey presto it works I can see the printer, install it via hp-setup and it prints.