recent HP LaserJet models cannot be used on 18.04
Bug #1862465 reported by
Maciej Borzecki
This bug affects 3 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hplip (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The hplip 3.17.10 version available in bionic is too old to support recent low cost, consumer grade HP printers. For example, HP LaserJet MFP M28 is supported only from hplip version 3.18.3 up. Meaning, the current LTS release for widely available peripherals.
AFAICT, there's no other versions in bionic-updates nor bionic-backports. Focal is currently at 3.19.12.
Not having a newer version available from the repositories, the users need to download and install the driver directly form HP's support site, or hunt down a random PPA that built hplip for Bionic.
Please consider adding a more recent version of hplip to bionic-backports, so that the users don't have to deal with installing those drivers from random unverified sources.
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in hplip (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| lotuspsychje (lotuspsychje) wrote | #2 |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.