How to install HP Laserjet P1006 on Bionic Pup? (Solved)

[CaptGeorge]

I've tried everything I can find with no luck. I'm now running bionicpup32-8.27 after my upgrade to Frugal Puppy. Last thing is to add my old HP Laserjet P1006 printer. However, cups doesn't list it and nothing close worked. What am I missing?

[Mercedes350se]

Maybe this will help.

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1523646

[bigpup]

You need to download and install the hplip driver.
Reboot updating the save.
Now run Cups.

Try using the Puppy Package Manager(PPM)
Search for hplip
If it finds it.
Download and install.

If not in PPM

Here is the driver and info about it:
viewtopic.php?f=97&t=2656
Carefully read the information and follow it.

[rcrsn51]

For years, the old forum had a knowledge base called How to Install your Printer in Puppy. Its recommendation for the old Laserjet 1000 series was a package called foo2xxx.

That knowledge base has since moved to the DebianDog project here, post #74.

However, a community member recently posted a link to the Puppy version of foo2xxx at archive.org. Trying to install this printer via full hplip is a huge waste of time.

[CaptGeorge]

Thanks everybody. I finally got it working! The Hplip PPM's didn't install - something about Python not right version. So I pursued rcrsn51 line:

First: I searched for foo2xxx here. Got this link:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2839&p=26249&hilit=foo2xxx#p26249

Second: Down loaded the pet files in link and installed them

Third: Rebooted

EDIT: Installed printer with cups installer. Cups found foo2xqx file

Fourth: Kept working with printer defaults in cups, rebooted until it worked!

Thanks again,
George