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HP Laserjet 401n — disable smart install?
Post by GatorNation1 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:42 pm
I think I have to turn off smart install to use this printer in Linux Mint and then use HPLIP? This is an early model printer and I hope that smart install can be turned off. Serial number is VNB4801838. Does anyone know how to turn off the smart install to use the printer with Linux Mint?
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Re: HP Laserjet 401n — disable smart install?
Post by pdc_2 » Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:38 pm
HPLIP seems to be a good start for linux support for HP products
suggests there is full support for your printer
I do not own an HP printer but things look auspicious for you from the above page
also provides some information
Re: HP Laserjet 401n — disable smart install?
Post by DavePlummer » Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:08 pm
Re: HP Laserjet 401n — disable smart install?
Post by pdc_2 » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:39 am
so it seems that some/all HP printers are set up the way various USB modems are: ie they have windows software on them; and when first plugged in, are seen as virtual CD-ROM devices;
mention that some have successfully used usb_modeswitch;
that was originally developed for the USB modems; may work to switch the identification of the HP printers; . I see the website now says it is for switching usb devices
the arch post gives a script for the usb_modeswitch; first one would need to install it
HP laserjet p1102w can’t disable smart install [duplicate]
I’m trying to install my HP laserjet professional p1102w printer via usb on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I’m focusing on getting it to work locally because I think wirelessly is probably more unstable or takes more time to try fix. It has worked with windows before, but I switched to Linux recently. I found my printer on System settings/printers. I actually found two, probably because it was also used wirelessly at some point. I don’t remember at what stage, but I decided to delete them both. Now they are not there. I tried hplip using this page on hplipopensource using hp-setup, when I do discover device via usb, I get a popup that wants to disable smart install. I accept but I get this error message:
I go to the link and try method nr 2. (Because my printer doesn’t have a front panel which is required for method 1). When I run hp-doctor I get error:
HPLIP cannot detect devices in your network. This may be due to existing firewall settings blocking the required ports like (5353/udp). When you are in a trusted network environment, you may open the ports for network services like mdns and slp in the firewall. For detailed steps see http://hplipopensource.com/node/375
I follow the link and I don’t understand where I should go. I just skip that step for now and try hp-doctor: I updated repository and installed all missing/incompatible packages. After that, it says:
error: Smart Install is enabled in "HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w" device(s). Do you want to download and disable smart install?(y=yes*, n=no): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/hp-doctor", line 328, in queues.main_function(core.passwordObj, MODE,ui_toolkit, False, DEVICE_URI) File "/usr/share/hplip/base/queues.py", line 349, in main_function SI_sts, error_str = smart_install.disable(mode, '', None, None, passwordObj) File "/usr/share/hplip/base/smart_install.py", line 253, in disable sts, smart_install_run, smart_install_asc, error_str = download(mode, passwordObj) File "/usr/share/hplip/base/smart_install.py", line 192, in download digsig_sts, smart_install_run, smart_install_asc, error_str = validate(mode, smart_install_run, smart_install_asc) File "/usr/share/hplip/base/smart_install.py", line 154, in validate calc_checksum = utils.get_checksum(open(smart_install_run, 'r').read()) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 9529: invalid start byte $ lsusb Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:102a Hewlett-Packard Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 003: ID 049f:000e Compaq Computer Corp. Internet Keyboard Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1bcf:0007 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Optical Mouse Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub f $ lsusb -s 001:002 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:102a Hewlett-Packard $ lsusb -s 001:002 | grep bInterfaceClass $ $ sudo -i # su -c "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xA59047B9" gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key A59047B9 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu gpgkeys: key A59047B9 can't be retrieved gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found. gpg: Total number processed: 0 gpg: keyserver communications error: keyserver helper general error gpg: keyserver communications error: unknown pubkey algorithm gpg: keyserver receive failed: unknown pubkey algorithm # su -c "gpg --verify SmartInstallDisable-Tool.run.asc SmartInstallDisable-Tool.run" gpg: can't open `SmartInstallDisable-Tool.run.asc' gpg: verify signatures failed: file open error # sh SmartInstallDisable-Tool.run sh: 0: Can't open SmartInstallDisable-Tool.run I also tried following this: How to install a HP LaserJet P1102w? But at settings and adding a printer, the printer doesn’t show up in the list (not locally or as a network connection).