Tuesday, May 12, 2020

GhostBSD, setup printing using HPLIP for an OfficeJet 4650 Multifunction Printer

Look at other Web resources for Linux & MacOS

https://wilsonmar.github.io/printing/   Great information resource

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-networked-hp-printer-and-scanner-on-ubuntu-linux/    How to install Networked HP Printer and scanner on Ubuntu Linux



HP does not provide telephone support for Linux printing. All support is provided online at the following web page: https://launchpad.net/hplip. On that page, click the "Ask a question" section.

  1. First use your OS software installation tool.  For GhostBSD 20.04 its "Software Station"  Search for  HPLIP    I found hplip version 3.19.12_3 27.1 Megabytes in size  Drivers and utilities for HP printers and All-in-One devices
  2.  Change to Root user.  "su"   issue your Password 
  3.  Use the HP Setup application hp-setup from a terminal command line window to start the process.
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