HP Linux Imaging and Printing

The HPLIP ("HP Linux Imaging and Printlng") project—initiated and led by HP Inc. (HP)—aims to ease Linux systems' ability to interact with HP's inkjet and laser printers with full printing, scanning, and faxing support. As of 2021^[update] the supplied printer-drivers support a total of 3,088 HP printer models;^[3] many of these for low-end models are free and open-source (FOSS), licensed under MIT, BSD, and GPL licenses, but others (including all color laser MFC printers on the market for years) require proprietary binary blobs ("plug-ins"). The project intends that HPLIP work in combination with CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) and SANE to perform printing and scanning respectively. HPOJ, the HP OfficeJet Linux driver to get HP's OfficeJet printers to run with Linux, ceased development as of 13 March 2006 with the advent of HPLIP.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing

Screenshot of the HPLIP toolbox.
Stable release	3.24.4[1] / June 17, 2024; 10 months ago (2024-06-17)
Repository	sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/
Written in	Python, C/C++
Operating system	Linux (most flavors and distributions), OpenBSD[2]
Platform	Source files provided; packaged for Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Debian, Linux Mint, RHEL, Boss, OpenBSD
Available in	English only
Type	Printing and scanning
License	GPLv2 MIT BSD
Website	hp.io/hplip

• Linux portal
• Free and open-source software portal

Tools

Tools include:

• an automated installer compatible with many different Linux distributions
• a graphical toolbox tool and faxing applications written in Qt which allow device configuration and various actions like printing and scanning
• a number of command-line utilities to configure and add devices, as well as to scan and print

Implementation

HPLIP co-operates with hpiod processes and files.^[4]

Support

HP offers help and support for HPLIP.^[5][6]