HP DeskJet 2778 All-in-One Ink Advantage Wireless Colour Printer not working

[mxmatrix]

EDIT
Finally purchased HP DeskJet 2778 All-in-One Ink Advantage Wireless Colour Printer. But it is not working with Linux and HPLIP 3.20.11 installed.
This thread was first started for getting suggestion to buy a suitable printer so the actual thread (regarding the printer not working) starts from the following post.
viewtopic.php?f=107&t=62042&start=30#p613792

~~~ Original Post ~~~
My old printer was HP DeskJet 2135 All-in-One Ink Advantage Colour Printer which worked very well with several versions of Linux and HPLIP 3.16.3
Now I need to buy a new printer which I wish is of similar class.
I am thinking of :
HP DeskJet 2335 All-in-One Ink Advantage Colour Printer OR
HP DeskJet 2778 All-in-One Ink Advantage Wireless Colour Printer

Can any one tell me about the compatibility of these two printers (especially the first one '2335') with Linux.
On the following website :
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imag ... ices/index
I found

HP_Printer.jpg

I am not sure what does the term "HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2300 All-in-One" means.
Does it includes all printer in that series that start with 23XX, which should include HP DeskJet 2335 All-in-One Ink Advantage Colour Printer also ?

[mxmatrix]

Does anyone has any experience with any of these printers ?
How well do they work on Linux ?

[j2mcgreg]

Here's HP's own list of hplip compatible printers:

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imag ... ices/index

If your printer is shown to have full support, it will work excellently right out of the box. I also suggest that you avoid any printers on this list that only show partial support because no amount of tinkering on our part will result in complete functionality.

FWIW, " HP Ink Advantage" is technology that HP claims is much more efficient in how ink is deployed thus saving printer owners money --> YMMV.

[mxmatrix]

Here's HP's own list of hplip compatible printers:

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imag ... ices/index

If your printer is shown to have full support, it will work excellently right out of the box. I also suggest that you avoid any printers on this list that only show partial support because no amount of tinkering on our part will result in complete functionality.

FWIW, " HP Ink Advantage" is technology that HP claims is much more efficient in how ink is deployed thus saving printer owners money --> YMMV.

Thanks for the reply, I know about that HP's list and the Ink Advantage technology, my question was 'slightly' different.
In that HP's list they have not directly mentioned HP DeskJet 2335 All-in-One Ink Advantage Colour Printer, rather they have mentioned "HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2300 All-in-One" does that mean it will support that entire series of 23XX and so will it support HP DeskJet 2335 All-in-One Ink Advantage Colour Printer also ?

[Huckleberry Finn]

In fact, generally they add a "series" at the end (as you already know), i.e.

HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2700 All-in-One Printer series

So, this one is ok.

And that line may be for only the "2300" product particularly.
___________________________________________

But imho what's more important for both is:

8 ("Yes") A downloadable driver plug-in is required for printing support. ... ("No" or "None") A driver plug-in is not required nor available. Driver plug-ins are released under a proprietary (non-open) license and are not part of the HPLIP tarball release. For more information, please refer to this KB article

P.S. The words "required" are added by me :)

Say, your old one, 2135 is "No" (requiring no proprietary drivers) ... working ootb.

[mxmatrix]

In fact, generally they add a "series" at the end (as you already know), i.e.
HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2700 All-in-One Printer series
So, this one is ok.
And that line may be for only the "2300" product particularly.
___________________________________________
But imho what's more important for both is:

8 ("Yes") A downloadable driver plug-in is required for printing support. ... ("No" or "None") A driver plug-in is not required nor available. Driver plug-ins are released under a proprietary (non-open) license and are not part of the HPLIP tarball release. For more information, please refer to this KB article

P.S. The words "required" are added by me :)
Say, your old one, 2135 is "No" (requiring no proprietary drivers) ... working ootb.

Yes because they did not use the word SERIES, in case of 2300 it is making me more confused. For my previous printer 2135 it is clearly mentioned in that list. So there is no doubt about it. But 2335 is not mentioned clearly so I wish to know if any one has any experience with it.

[mxmatrix]

I apologise for my ignorance, but can any one tell me in short how can a wifi enabled Printer / scanner help me to overcome the driver / hardware incompatibility with Linux.
If I have a wifi enabled printer can I straight off print from my computer using wifi ? Without the need of any extra driver or software ?

[Huckleberry Finn]

Imho that (wifi) only provides communication / connection bw. the pc and the printer. Instead of using a wire...

So, it's best to connect HP someway and ask to be sure before purchasing.. (also about the "series" subject ... )

[j2mcgreg]

I think that I can clear up some of your confusion: I think that the HP list was published after the 2300 was put on the market but before the 2335 model was made and that the list will be updated to include the 2300 series when the next iteration of hplip is released.

I apologise for my ignorance, but can any one tell me in short how can a wifi enabled Printer / scanner help me to overcome the driver / hardware incompatibility with Linux.
If I have a wifi enabled printer can I straight off print from my computer using wifi ? Without the need of any extra driver or software ?

No and no. A driver of some description will be required.

At the beginning of this topic you wanted to know if the HP DeskJet 2335 All-in-One Ink Advantage Colour Printer is compatible with Linux and MX in particular and the simple answer is: not yet.

My advice to you is that there are several other inexpensive HP inkjets that are on the list --> pick one of those and get on with things. Otherwise you are going to have to wait an indeterminable amount of time.

[mxmatrix]

At the beginning of this topic you wanted to know if the HP DeskJet 2335 All-in-One Ink Advantage Colour Printer is compatible with Linux and MX in particular and the simple answer is: not yet.

My advice to you is that there are several other inexpensive HP inkjets that are on the list --> pick one of those and get on with things. Otherwise you are going to have to wait an indeterminable amount of time.

My problem is that unfortunately, I have too many requirements for the printer :
[*] Should work with Linux (Esp Mx and Ubuntu)
[*] Should be HP to be on the safe side
[*] Should not be expensive
[*] Per page cost of printing should be low
[*] Should have Print + Scan + Copy option.

And even if I find one, in a lot of cases it is either not available in my area or can not be exchanged or returned if it does not works.
So facing a lot of trouble buying a simple printer.

Moreover, many Linux forums are not as helpful as Mx. Yesterday one forum simply deleted my post about printer, saying that their forum is for 'technical' posts only. Though the description of the forum was "Questions and Answers for users of Linux, Fr**BSD & other U**x . . .".
Linux already has hardware incompatibility issues. Add to it the arrogance of the kind "hey you newbie . . . how dare you enter this room" scares many away from a wonderful OS like Linux. Thanks, in Mx forum I have never faced such behaviour.

I feel it will be nice if there is a forum or sub-forum for at least some common peripherals, where Linux users could visit and add details about that piece of hardware and some details about their distro. Nearly every Linux user must be using a Printer, Graphic Tablets, Monitors, Web-cams or Networking devices. If even 10% of all Linux users enter information there, in the long run it might help many.

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