but of course the ubiquitous $ error: No system tray detected on this system. Unable to start, exiting. Whatev' For interest; hp-doctor HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.10) Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0 Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.10) Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0 Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. Checking for Deprecated items.... error: This distro (i.e ubuntu 18.04) is either deprecated or not yet supported. The diagnosis is limited on unsupported platforms. Do you want to continue?(y=yes*, n=no):y Checking for HPLIP updates.... HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.10) HPLIP upgrade latest version ver. 1.0 Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. Latest version of HPLIP is already installed. Checking for Dependencies.... warning: 12-18.04 version is not supported. Using 12-17.04 versions dependencies to verify and install... --------------- | SYSTEM INFO | --------------- Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 29 16:28:13 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux Host: billw-HP-Compaq-8200-Elite-SFF-PC Proc: 4.15.0-45-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 29 16:28:13 UTC 2019 GNU/Linux Distribution: 12 18.04 Bitness: 64 bit ----------------------- | HPLIP CONFIGURATION | ----------------------- HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.17.10 HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for 12 distro 18.04 version Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file: # hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure. [hplip] version=3.17.10 [dirs] home=/usr/share/hplip run=/var/run ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.17.10 html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.17.10 icon=/usr/share/applications cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp bin=/usr/bin apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d # Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed. [configure] network-build=yes libusb01-build=no pp-build=no gui-build=yes scanner-build=yes fax-build=yes dbus-build=yes cups11-build=no doc-build=yes shadow-build=no hpijs-install=no foomatic-drv-install=no foomatic-ppd-install=no foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no hpcups-install=yes cups-drv-install=yes cups-ppd-install=no internal-tag=3.17.10 restricted-build=no ui-toolkit=qt4 qt3=no qt4=yes qt5=no policy-kit=no lite-build=no udev_sysfs_rules=no hpcups-only-build=no hpijs-only-build=no apparmor_build=yes Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file: [plugin] installed = 1 eula = 1 version = 3.17.10 Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file: [upgrade] notify_upgrade = false last_upgraded_time = 1549284360 pending_upgrade_time = 0 latest_available_version = 3.17.10 [settings] systray_visible = 0 systray_messages = 0 [last_used] device_uri = hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw?ip=10.1.1.101 printer_name = working_dir = /home/billw/Downloads/hplip-3.17.10-plugin.run [commands] scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI% [refresh] rate = 30 enable = false type = 1 [polling] enable = false interval = 5 device_list = [fax] voice_phone = email_address = [installation] date_time = 04/02/19 23:53:37 version = 3.17.10 -------------- | COMPILEDEP | -------------- gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 7.3.0 OK - make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.1 OK - libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK - ------------------------ | General Dependencies | ------------------------ libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.0 OK - python-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.5 OK - libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.7.3 OK - sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - OK - pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK - pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 REQUIRED 4.0 4.12.1 OK - libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - 2.27 OK - python-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.15 OK - cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK - python-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.6 OK - cups-ddk CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit OPTIONAL - - OK - reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.4.0 OK - pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 4.12.1 OK - libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK - cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK - python2X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.15 OK - python-notify Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK - libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK - sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK - ---------------------- | Scan Configuration | ---------------------- scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK - hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf' ------------------------- | External Dependencies | ------------------------- gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.26 OK - cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.2.7 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running' network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.19.4 OK - scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.27 OK - policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK - xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK - dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.12.2 OK - avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.7 OK - --------------------- | Python Extentions | --------------------- hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK - cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK - ------------------------------ | DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES | ------------------------------ No Scanner found. -------------------------- | DISCOVERED USB DEVICES | -------------------------- No devices found. --------------------------------- | INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES | --------------------------------- HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw --------------------- Type: Printer Device URI: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw?ip=10.1.1.101 PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw.ppd warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw.ppd ppd file PPD Description: Printer status: printer HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw is idle. enabled since Mon 04 Feb 2019 23:50:32 AEDT Required plug-in status: Installed Communication status: Good -------------- | PERMISSION | -------------- Checking for Configured Queues.... warning: Fail to read ppd=/etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw.ppd file warning: Insufficient permission to access file /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_CP_1025nw.ppd warning: Could not complete Queue(s) configuration check Checking for HP Properitery Plugin's.... 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