HP LaserJet 1018 driver will not install [Solved]

[danielson]

The following protocol has worked flawlessly to install HP LaserJet 1018 on any LinuxMint desktop, so decided to try it out on MX KDE: [Solved]

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get remove hplip cups-filters cups hplip-data system-config-printer-udev

sudo rm -v -rf /usr/share/hplip

sudo apt-get install printer-driver-foo2zjs printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

sudo apt-get install tix groff dc cups cups-filters

sudo getweb 1018

d. Disconnect the USB cable of the printer, count to five and reconnect it.

e. Launch the application Printers again from the menu and add your printer; you may have to click on the "refresh" button (the round arrow) first. Then print a test page.

f. Reboot your computer and turn the printer off and on. All should be well now permanently.

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Problem here on MX KDE, is at last "sudo" tip:
sudo getweb 1018
getweb: Couldn't download http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/firmware/sihp1018.tar.gz

So, add printer manually.
Still no go for the driver.

Setup HP toolbox from MX Package Installer;
-CUPS goes well, but still won't print.

Will reboot now after removing printer and try to add again with HP toolbox this time.

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Rebooted now, tried to install with HP toolbox.
CUPS works fine with FOOZ etc.
But HP toolbox does not pickup up the printer.

Tried hp-plugin -i in konsole:

Checking for network connection...
Downloading plug-in from:
Downloading plug-in: [\ ] 0% error: Plugin download failed with error code = 8

error: file does not match its checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered

[danielson]

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-18-amd64 [5.10.140-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-18-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: MX-21.2.1_KDE_x64 Wildflower September 18  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5430 non-vPro v: 01 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 9 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0MYF02 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: A21 date: 11/30/2018 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 41.1/48.8 Wh (84.1%) volts: 12.5 
           min: 11.1 model: Samsung SDI DELL 5CGM4A7 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
           Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M280/320/275 serial: <filter> 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3210M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19936 
           Speed: 1560 MHz min/max: 1200/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1560 2: 1544 3: 1596 
           4: 1583 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
           unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3040x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 804x238mm (31.7x9.4") s-diag: 838mm (33") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 131 size: 310x174mm (12.2x6.9") 
           diag: 355mm (14") 
           Monitor-2: VGA-1 res: 1440x900 hz: 60 dpi: 90 size: 408x255mm (16.1x10.0") 
           diag: 481mm (18.9") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 22.0.5 
           compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: Logitech Logitech USB Headset type: USB 
           driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 046d:0a8f 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-18-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell driver: wl 
           v: kernel modules: bcma port: f040 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Dell driver: tg3 
           v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1681 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Dell BCM20702A0 Bluetooth Module type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 1-1.4:4 chip-ID: 413c:8197 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 
           sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 1000 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
           service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 
           port: f060 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086.282a rev: 04 class-ID: 0104 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 7.6 GiB (3.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Lexar model: 256GB SSD size: 238.47 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 610 
           scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 86.48 GiB size: 84.57 GiB (97.79%) used: 7.56 GiB (8.9%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 46.1 MiB (48.0%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: 47.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2610 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2304 lib: 1286 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 204 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 4 Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 2.15 GiB (27.9%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

[j2mcgreg]

see here:

https://developers.hp.com/hp-laserjet-1018-printer

[danielson]

MX not on that list?

Why then, up until only a few weeks ago, was i able to install it on MX with the simple hp-plugin command?

[danielson]

@j2mcgreg did install latest HP toolbox as per the link, and still get:

error: Plugin download failed with error code = 8
error: file does not match its checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered

[j2mcgreg]

@j2mcgreg did install latest HP toolbox as per the link, and still get:

error: Plugin download failed with error code = 8
error: file does not match its checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered

I just noticed that your main repo is the one at R.I.T. in Rochester, NY. It has been flaky for months. Use Repo Manager in MX Tools to switch to Utah, Salt Lake City, then log out / log in to activate the change and then try hp-setup again.

[gor9]

Hi there is another way of getting around plugin failure as per

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 98#p695998

EDIT
credits davidwillis

[danielson]

@j2mcgreg - did that, still an error message: checksum corrupt or something to that effect.

Tried hp-plugin -i and got similar message:

error: Plugin download failed with error code = 8

error: file does not match its checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered

-even let MX decide for best with OR,IL,NY - still a no go.

@gor9 - clicking on the download link brings to a page filled with script.

[j2mcgreg]

You are not alone in having problems with "hp plugin"' Here's a thread from the Linux Mint forums that offers some workarounds and solutions:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=343350

[danielson]

You guys are tops!! :)

As @gor9 suggested, went over to the download link, saved the script as text, made it executable, ran hp toolbox again, chose file to install and... it worked!!!

Never did this procedure before.