Setting up an HP Network Printer on Debian or Ubuntu 
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I've been running Debian 4.0 on my laptop (dual-boot with Windows XP). I had made a few attempts to connect the computer with my HP Photosmart 2610 printer, which is connected to our network. But nothing seemed to work.
Today I decided to try again. A search on Google for "debian network hp printer" turned up a page titled HP on Ubuntu on the LXer Linux news and forums site.
The answer to getting an HP network printer to work under Ubuntu (or Debian 4.0, in my case)? As user root, in a terminal window run:
hp-setup
Or, the way Ubuntu users will find more familiar: open a terminal under your regular login ID and run:
sudo hp-setup
Yup, it's that simple! A series of input windows will pop up. In my case, my network printer was found by hp-setup immediately. I was able to simply accept the defaults and click through the input windows. The test page printed fine, proving the installation was working.
Once I deleted my previous nonfunctional printer configuration attempt and made the new installation my default printer, everything worked fine!
Keywords: hp_network_printer,linux
28 05 08 20:52 | kfarnham | 
