Re: hp-plugin fails

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 17:50:03 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Brian wrote:
> 
> > The plugin can be downloaded from
> > 
> >  https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/
> 
>    after waiting several minutes, I get:
> 
>       this site can't be reached ... timed out

No problem here. Try

  https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/plugins
 
> > and installed with the -p option of hp-plugin.
> 
>     and this gives, as usual:
> 
>    error: Unable to open /home/frenkiel/.hplip/hp-plugin.lock lock file.

There is no point in using 'hp-plugin -i -p .....' if the plugin has
not been downloaded.

-- 
Brian.