In 20.04 hplip is broken for many HP Printers including mine. This is what I did to get it working again (basically using 20.10 hplip packages).
$ sudo apt purge hplip*
$ sudo apt autoremove
Download following packages from https://packages.ubuntu.com/groovy/hplip . Now the version number might be updated a little.
hplip_3.20.5+dfsg0-3build1_amd64.deb
hplip-data_3.20.5+dfsg0-3build1_all.deb
libhpmud0_3.20.5+dfsg0-3build1_amd64.deb
libsane-hpaio_3.20.5+dfsg0-3build1_amd64.deb
printer-driver-hpcups_3.20.5+dfsg0-3build1_amd64.deb
python3-pexpect_4.6.0-4_all.deb
python3-pil_7.2.0-1_amd64.deb
python3-reportlab_3.5.47-1_all.deb
python3-reportlab-accel_3.5.47-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Now auto install all dependencies
$ sudo apt -f install
So, basically, they installed hplip 3.20.5 for Ubuntu 20.10 on Ubuntu 20.04. Is there a way to move those packages to Ubuntu 20.04 repositories?
A Reddit user here https:/ /www.reddit. com/r/Ubuntu/ comments/ jcx9y9/ my_64_year_ old_mom_ upgraded_ from_1804_ to_2004_ by/
has found the following solution:
In 20.04 hplip is broken for many HP Printers including mine. This is what I did to get it working again (basically using 20.10 hplip packages). /packages. ubuntu. com/groovy/ hplip . Now the version number might be updated a little. 20.5+dfsg0- 3build1_ amd64.deb 3.20.5+ dfsg0-3build1_ all.deb 3.20.5+ dfsg0-3build1_ amd64.deb hpaio_3. 20.5+dfsg0- 3build1_ amd64.deb driver- hpcups_ 3.20.5+ dfsg0-3build1_ amd64.deb pexpect_ 4.6.0-4_ all.deb pil_7.2. 0-1_amd64. deb reportlab_ 3.5.47- 1_all.deb reportlab- accel_3. 5.47-1_ amd64.deb
$ sudo apt purge hplip*
$ sudo apt autoremove
Download following packages from https:/
hplip_3.
hplip-data_
libhpmud0_
libsane-
printer-
python3-
python3-
python3-
python3-
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Now auto install all dependencies
$ sudo apt -f install
So, basically, they installed hplip 3.20.5 for Ubuntu 20.10 on Ubuntu 20.04. Is there a way to move those packages to Ubuntu 20.04 repositories?