The team behind HP Linux Imaging and Printing, better known as HPLIP, announced yesterday that the fifth version of the stable 3.16 series of the software is now available, which is HPLIP 3.16.5. For those who do not know what this software is, HP Linux Imaging and Printing is an open source initiative that intends to bring the latest drivers for HP printers to the GNU / Linux operating systems. The software has a fairly active development team and they release maintenance releases at least once a month.
The release of HPLIP 3.16.5 is proof that the project is gaining importance with each passing day, offering support for more HP (Hewlett-Packard) printers than any other proprietary software. The latest version of HPLIP includes support for the HP OfficeJet 200 series printers and the HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 all-in-one printer. After the hack you have a more extensive list of printers supported by the latest version of HPLIP.
List of printers supported by HPLIP 3.16.5
In addition to those mentioned above, HPLIP 3.16.5 includes support for:
- HP OfficeJet Pro 8715 (All-in-One Printer).
- HP OfficeJet Pro 8740 (All-in-One Printer).
- HP OfficeJet Pro 8720 (All-in-One Printer).
- HP OfficeJet Pro 8725 (All-in-One Printer).
- HP LaserJet Pro M501n
- HP LaserJet Pro M501dn (Printer series)
On the other hand, HPLIP 3.16.5 has been made compatible with the latest versions of Ubuntu and Debian, which are Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus y Debian 8.4 Jessie. In the case of Ubuntu, the compatibility has arrived just two weeks after the official launch of the latest version of the operating system. In addition, it also includes support for Qt5.
If you are Linux users (which is assumed if you are readers of Ubunlog) and you have an HP printer, you have more information and can download the software from the official website of HP Linux Imaging and Printing that you have available from THIS LINK.
The link leads to HPLIP installer but they have not put the commands for the terminal.
Very useful!