Credits: Tejasbarot.com, foo2xqx project
This is the quick and easy method to install the printer on Ubuntu. Tested on Ubuntu 11.10 under KDE.
- Download foo2xqx.
wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz[/code]OR
wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://droidzone.in/misc/ubuntu/drivers/hplaserjet/p1007/foo2zjs.tar.gz[/code]
- Extract the downloaded package
tar zvxf foo2zjs.tar.gz[/code]
- Execute the following code to compile the driver, install it and to configure a new printer
cd foo2zjs/
make
./getweb P1007
sudo make install
sudo apt-get install system-config-printer-gnome
system-config-printer[/code]
At this point, you get a popup box with a Printer driver. Double click on HP Laserjet P1007 to install a new driver. - Configure Plug and Play:
sudo make install-hotplug[/code]
At this point, you may be prompted to uninstall system-config-printer-udev.[[email protected] foo2zjs]$ sudo make install-hotplug
#
# Hotplug Installation Dependencies...
#
***
*** Error: system-config-printer-udev is installed!
***
*** Remove it with: (Fedora)
*** # yum remove system-config-printer-udev
*** OR
*** # rpm -e --nodeps system-config-printer-udev
*** OR (Ubuntu, Debian)
*** $ sudo apt-get remove system-config-printer-udev
*** OR (generic linux)
*** # rm -f /lib/udev/rules.d/*-printers.rules
***
make: *** [install-hotplug-test] Error 1
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Do it.[[email protected] foo2zjs]$ sudo apt-get remove system-config-printer-udev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
system-config-printer-udev
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 378 not upgraded.
After this operation, 131 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 141596 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing system-config-printer-udev ...
[[email protected] foo2zjs]$ sudo make install-hotplug
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At this point, you can see your printer initialize with its peculiar sound.
Now you're all set to print any document.