HPLIP

Infobox Software
name = HP Linux Imaging and Printing



caption = Screenshot of the HPLIP toolbox.
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latest release version = 2.8.7
latest release date = July 30,2008
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operating system = Linux
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status = Active
genre = Printing and scanning
license = GNU General Public License
website = [http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ hplip.sourceforge.net]

HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) is a project initiated and led by Hewlett-Packard, whose goal is to give Linux the ability to interact with HP's inkjet and laser printers with full printing, scanning, and faxing support. The supplied drivers support a total of 1,248 HP printer models and are free and open source (FOSS), licensed under MIT, BSD, and GPL licenses. HPLIP is intended to work in combination with CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) and SANE, to perform printing and scanning, respectively.

Tools

*An automated installer which supports many different Linux distributions
*A graphical toolbox tool written in Qt which allows 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

ee also

*HPOJ

References

* [http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ HPLIP Project]