On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:34:33 +0100, Brian wrote: >On Sun 18 Sep 2016 at 18:10:39 -0400, brian wrote: > >> My dear old Laserjet 5N finally having died, I bought an HP Laserjet >> P1109w to replace it. I have managed to install it to the extent that >> it's recognised (USB connection, not wireless) but the problem is that >> it apparently needs a *proprietary* plug-in to print properly. >> >> I have H-Ps installer, and everything goes OK up to the point at which >> it goes to an unspecified H-P site to download the plug-in. The >> installer then claims that the file it tried to download has an >> invalid checksum and may have been modified, and that's it, the >> program exits. Substantially the same thing happens if I use hp-plugin >> outside of the installer, it just tells me that it can't download the >> file due to an invalid checksum. >> >> H-P support are as much use as a chocolate teapot, all they will do is >> to point me back to the site where I can download the installer again. >> I have tried to point out to them that it appears to be a corrupted >> file on their website (if I believe the error message!) but it gets me >> nowhere. > >To be fair to HP they make it crystal clear how Linux printing support >is provided: > > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/support.html > >You might want to co-operate with the process and report your problem as >a question if it persists. >
The installer clearly identifies the problem as a corrupted file on H-P's (unnamed) website. But OK, I have tried it the way you suggest, let's see whether it gets me anywhere. I had hoped that (contacting H-P support directly) the response might have been "OK, we'll refresh the copy of the file/checksum" (I'm assuming the checksum is taken from an associated file) but obviously that was a fit of unwarranted optimism. >> Anybody got any ideas before I package the printer up and send it back >> to Amazon to exchange it for another brand? I'm using 64-bit testing, >> should anyone feel that makes a difference. > >1. Go to > > https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/ > > and download the latest *.run. > >2. 'mkdir plugin' and move your file into it. > >3. The file is a shell script containing needed plugins and other files. > Make it executable with 'chmod 755 *.run' and look at its help with > './*.run -h'. > >4. Check what you are going to install by using './*.run --tar vxf' to > extract the files from the script. > >5. Install with './*.run'. Only this final step needs root privilege. Thank you very much, that all worked, given an extra step of removing HPLIP and installing the version I downloaded from the URL which you gave (the version I had installed was from the Debian repos, that one apparently wasn't correctly detected by the plugin software). Why the original installer couldn't refer me to that website, I have no idea. Brian.
