Answers to: How do I Install the HP Laserjet P1005 under Debian Lenny?

Answer by Darenhadrey

Darenhadrey — Fri, 08 May 2015 07:00:21 -0400

Open the toner door and remove the old print cartridge,remove the new print out cartridge through the packaging as well as gently get rid of it laterally in order to distribute the actual toner evenly within the cartridge Bend the actual tab within the right part of the cartridge to break this loose Pull the tab till all the strapping is taken off the cartridge. Place the tab within the print cartridge box to come back for recycling where possible like in 4k monitor for PC. Insert the actual print cartridge within the inkjet printer, ensuring that the actual print cartridge with the proper position

Answer by jerfrank

jerfrank — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:56:56 -0500

Try to download the HP Laserjet P1005 Drivers from here: http://www.driverdr.com/hp-drivers/printer

Answer by Zhu Lyn

Zhu Lyn — Thu, 22 May 2014 00:29:59 -0400

And you can easily get the HP Laserjet P1005 Driver from http://www.hp-drivers-download.com

Answer by pcardout2

pcardout2 — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 11:07:20 -0500

Greetings again from the OP. I have now upggraded certain machines to Linux Mint (Olivia). When I did the Mint install, my printer was not already connected (if it were, perhaps Mint would have found it and set it up). Anyway there was no queue available for the laserjet P1005, so I tried hp-setup. (after running hp-check and allowing hp-doctor to do what it wanted ... though this may not have been necessary). I tried hp-setup, as a user (not as root). It just worked. These days the driver web-sites are working better. hp-setup found both the open-source and proprietary drivers for this printer and installed them. I then used the web interface of cups http://localhost:631 and the printer was already there, I just selected it as my default.

So this how-to is now down to one command, hp-setup.

Search Engine candy here: How do I install the hp laserjet p1005 under Linux Mint Olivia?

Answer by pcardout2

pcardout2 — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:42 -0400

Hi I'm the OP (pcardout, pcardout2) I just upgraded a computer to Debian Squeeze. All my original instructions about hp-check and hp-setup and the .run and the .plugin files still work -- and are still necessary. Plain old CUPS did not do the job ... as before.

Answer by Seth Brown

Seth Brown — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:24:28 -0400

Ok, so I don't use Debian nor Ubuntu. I use Slackware. And I don't have an HP P1005. I have an HP P1006.

I use the software from this page http://foo2xqx.rkkda.com/

This requires me to download a tarball, untar it, compile and run a command. The command downloads a driver from the web. Then, I run some more commands and finally, eventually it works.

I've had this printer for a few years now. It works. Sometimes, I have to unplug/re-plug the USB cable. This is because the printer downloads some firmware (or something) when the USB connection is refreshed.

Firmware Not Downloaded:

usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0

GET_DEVICE_ID string: MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet 1020;CMD:ACL;CLS: PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet 1020;

Firmware Downloaded:

usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0

GET_DEVICE_ID string: MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet 1020;CMD:ACL;CLS: PRINTER;DES:HP LaserJet 1020;FWVER:20050309;

The printer will only print when the firmware has been downloaded. Otherwise, it just sits there dumb.

There are some other printers from HP that require this same treatment. It's a pain.

I suspect that HP makes printers like this, because it's cheaper somehow.

This is probably not the explanation that anyone was looking for, but the page does explain something about why this kind of printer needs special handling.

I find it is a pain to have to look for versions of HPLIP and a bunch of dependencies when all I want to do, is print. The page will probably work for all distros that come with a compiler regardless of whether they come with apt-get, yum or another package handler.

Answer by calik

calik — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:43:24 -0400

The model number HP Laserjet P1005.

Method 1: You may refer to the below links and use the troubleshooters. Check if it lists and helps resolve any issues: Open the Printer troubleshooter:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=3435676&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&task=&lang=en&cc=us

Method 2: You may check if you have the latest drivers installed for the device. You may refer to the below link for getting the latest drivers and check. HP Laserjet P1005 Driver

Good Luck.

Answer by pcardout2

pcardout2 — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:58:35 -0400

I am still the OP. pcardout and pcardout2 are the same guy ... I just can't figure out how I logged in originally.

While my original procedure is correct, it's all been messed up by the collapse of the openprinting.org website, which has now been down for several months. I went back to Hewlett-Packard, and they are now hosting the necessary "plugins". They do not seem to provide old versions, but if you upgrade to the latest HPLIP, they always have the plugin for that. Here is my correspondence with HP support.

Your question #177357 on HPLIP changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/177357

Status: Open => Answered

Amarnath Chitumalla proposed the following answer: Hi xxxxx,

To use 3.11.10 plugin, needs upgrade HPLIP to 3.11.10 version. and 3.11.10 plugin will be automatically downloaded using following site when you run hp-setup command.

http://www.hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin_download.html

I went to the link given above and downloaded the plugin. I then went back to the main HPLIP site and downloaded the latest .run file which installs HPLIP and followed those instructions.
While Mr. Chitumalla (HP support) suggested that hp-setup would automatically find the plugin, I did not assume that would work. I had already downloaded the plugin ... as above, and there is a "manual install from local copy" option on hp-setup. I chose that and gave it the plugin file. It all worked easily.

So for all those folks saying

where can I find hplip-3.11.7-plugin.run

openprinting.org down, where to get the hp-plugin

... this is the answer. HP has it... as they should! (It's just not very well documented!!!!)

Answer by pcardout

pcardout — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:21:27 -0500

Since posting, I changed from Debian to Ubuntu (karmic) on the same hardware I had when I wrote the OP. I think the procedure described above would also work on Ubuntu, for which hplip and hp-check are installed by default, but it does not seem necessary.

When I plugged the USB cable for this printer into my Ubuntu system, it was auto-detected and a box popped up telling me I had to download a special "restricted" driver from HP. Even though I knew what it was doing, had I been a total noob, I think it would have worked ... it was about two clicks. The install on Ubuntu was simpler and faster than the install on Windows Vista.

I can qualify this by saying that before I plugged in the printer, I ran hp-check and installed the several packages it told me I needed. It may be that had I not done that the auto-install would not have worked so smoothly. I would be interested in hearing from other Ubuntuans ... though you may not be looking here since you have no problems!

Answer by Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:21:51 -0500

Thanks for the good HOWTO

Answer by Wilson

Wilson — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:34:45 -0400

Great job. I have one of these printers as well and it gave me a lot of problems. Thanks.

Answer by pcardout

pcardout — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:04:23 -0400

I DO have the answer to this question. It took me six hours of messing around, so I thought it was worth documenting. First:

Don't bother with the CUPS web interface. It is inadequate to the task for this printer. Begin with hp-setup. If you are using Debian Lenny or Ubuntu Karmic, you probably already have this program installed. If not, you can

apt-get install hplip

Which should install hp-setup and hp-check. Try

hp-check -r

.
It may throw errors, but will at least tell you that you have some of your drivers already installed (and where they are). Here is SOME of what I see when I run hp-check -r

Currently installed HPLIP version... HPLIP 2.8.6b currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file: [dirs]

run = /var/run

cupsbackend = /usr/lib/cups/backend

ppd = /usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP

HERE IS THE BIG TRICK. Go here.

http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/

You need to download TWO FILES.

hp_laserjet_1005_series.plugin

hplip-2.8.6b-plugin.run

The first file is what everyone needs (and should be adjusted for different printers). The second file depends on your version of hplip. How do you know? hp-check should have told you your version of hplip. Pick the appropriate .run file. Download both files to your /home or desktop.

Now run hp-setup. After selecting how your printer is attached, you are asked to select from discovered devices. My printer was discovered. If yours is not, you have a different problem than I. Next you are asked for a .ppd file. You are given the choice that the program will go out on the net and find a driver. Feel free to try it. It DID NOT work for me. You are also asked if you have the driver locally. The homework you just did pays off now. As I recall, the program allows you to specify a .run file first, and then a .plugin file. Use the files you just downloaded. After this -- IT JUST WORKS!

Since I DID mess around for six hours, there may have been things I did that you also need to do (If the above does not work). I mention some below. Before running hp-setup, as root, I copied my .plugin file to: /usr/share/hplip/plugins

I also have the following installed:

openprinting-ppds - OpenPrinting printer support - PostScript PPD files
hpijs-ppds - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HPIJS PPD files
hpijs - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS driver (hpijs)
hplip-data - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
hplip-dbg - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - debugging information
hplip-doc - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - documentation
hplip-gui - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - GUI utilities hplip - (HPLIP)
gs - Transitional package

After I posted this answer, I got an official answer from Hewlett-Packard tech support. I thought it was worth including.

You can also download the Linux drivers from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install_wizard/index.html by following the instructions appropriately.

but I had already figured it out by then.