Hp printer Smart Tank 7602

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hp printer supported for Linux not working when downloading HPLIP. Has lots of red code lines. Tried 6 times with the same result. New to this system and not sure where to go with this.

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Hi @Carver welcome to our community. :handshake:

Happy to try to help. Try installing HPLIP from your distro’s package manager instead of the HP website script. The Smart Tank 7602 is supported from HPLIP 3.22.6 onward.

Not sure what distro you are on but for Debian/Ubuntu-based systems:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install hplip hplip-gui printer-driver-hpcups

Then try:

hp-setup

If you’re still getting red error lines, share the exact error output here. It might be missing dev packages (like libtool, libusb, cups-dev, etc.) if you’re compiling.

Also, check if cups is running:

sudo systemctl status cups

Let us know what distro/version you’re using and if you have any luck!

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Hi James, thanks for your reply here. It’s good to know someone here knows more than I do. I am not a techie, have not had a Linux computer before, purchased my laptop with Linux/Zorian for security reasons. Being an artist/sculptor in my 70’s there is a need for your instructions to be given for the common user. I will see what I can understand about this system, using your descriptions of ‘distro’s package manager’ and ‘dev packages’.

Thanks again!

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My pleasure! We all have to start sometime and somewhere. I can only hope that in my 70s, I will also have new things to work on and solve.

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Hei @Carver welcome and thanks for your message, we are here for help!

First in which distribution are you? I think in some Ubuntu - Mint derivate?

Installing a printer on Linux might be a bit tricky for no-tech persons. But let’s try :slight_smile:

  • Install cups or check if cups is running. If it is not running launch the command: sudo systemctl start cups and sudo systemctl enable cups
  • Install hplip from official repositories
  • Once installed you can configure you printer trough the printer gui, run this command for install print manager: sudo apt install print-manager, this is a wrapper for cups daemon
  • Open the print-manager software from menu (should be something like Printer or Printer Configuration) and on there you should see your printer. If not just install it and, since you already installed hplip, you should be able to install the local printer, just choose the correct driver while setupping the printer

That would be a complete guide how to printing in Linux :slight_smile:

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Thanks Ricky. Everything is working!

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Thanks for taking the time to confirm the solution.