[SOLVED] Can’t make PRINTER work on Manjaro 20.0.3 - HP LaserJet CP 1025 Color
Well, that is the third linux I am installing this month, I started with Ubuntu, jumped to CentOS and now I am trying Manjaro.
Manjaro is by far the most complete and easy one, things are almost 100% working out of the box.
Plus, you get privacy and a lot of freedom to change everything the way you want. Well that is something you can expect from probably any Linux distro.
tl;dr
I have been fighting to install my print, a LaserJet CP 1025 from HP on linux. Luckly I managed to install it on all three of them but that wasn’t an easy task.
I still dont know a perfect solution for it but what I know is that you need to fix the file from /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
Believe me or not I memorized this path because I just used too much! (Well if I typed it wrong right above, now you know why... bad memory).
Anyway, if needed, look in the folders, dont be lazy, the file is there and holds the models supported by hplip.
sudo nano /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
[CTRL]+W (command to search stuff in nano)
1025
[CTRL]+W
[ENTER]
[CTRL]+W
[ENTER]
...
Now, you will have a typo there.
The correct value is:
[hp_laserjet_cp_1025]
and normally it comes like this:
[hp_laserjet_cp1025]
This causes the error: No devices found on bus: usb
Change to the correct one (with the “_” between “cp” and “1025″).
[CTRL]+O (save the changes, O stands for output)...
[ENTER] to confirm to save with the same filename
[CTRL]+X (eXit)
Ok... now if you run hp-plugin you should be able to install the necessary binary plugin without problems, if necessary, download the plugin, you might have to look for the correct version for you, depending on your hplip version.
https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-3.20.6-plugin.run
You can access
https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/
To list all the plugins available, they have plenty there... IDK who maintains this website but must be trustful, I have downloaded much more suspicious torrents to care about the safety of this...
Fine, now you should install “system-config-printer”, you can install it using the Add/Remove graphical application from manjaro to do the job.
You might need to restart your printer, unplug it, plug it again, reboot the computer...
Anyway, dont give up... if I managed to install you can do it too.
All the other things worked very smoothly on Manjaro so I am very pleased with this distro, I might use it for more than a month now.
PS.: DONT EXPECT HP PRINTER DEVICE MANAGER to work.. IT DOESN’T! Use the system-config-printer or CUPS...












