On 29/03/17 18:27, Brian wrote: > On Wed 29 Mar 2017 at 17:59:03 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >> Fully up to date Jessie installation >> >> my printer recently died and I replaced it with a new OfficeJet as >> above. Regrettably support is not available with hplip in Jessie, nor >> with version 3.16.11 that is current in hplip downloads. >> >> Has anyone achieved success with this device and, if so how? > > HP's website: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/officejet.html > > The Min. HPLIP Version is 3.16.7. Debian has that in backports for Jessie. > > The changelog at backports has > > hplip (3.16.7+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium > > * New upstream release > - Support for new HP printers: > × Officejet Pro 8730 > Many thanks, Brian. Jessie backports gave me 3.16.11 so I'll be giving it a test flight tomorrow. (It's past my bed time :-) )
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