WiFi Printer HP DeskJet 2540

[r0th0m]

Hello, everybody,

until 1 week ago I used Debian Jessie and have now switched to Linux Lite 3.8. so far I like what I see very well and almost everything works too.

Right now, however, I can't get my printer to work at all, which worked out fine with Debian Jessie.

I read the threads for the HP 2540 and also tried to use them, unfortunately without success.

I downloaded the current version of hplip from https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing and tried (!!!!) to install it. Unfortunately, I always get a error message:

Code:

RUNNING PRE-INSTALL COMMANDS
----------------------------
OK


INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
-------------------------------------
warning: There are 1 missing REQUIRED dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: cups-image (CUPS image - CUPS image development files)


INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
-------------------------------------
warning: There are 2 missing OPTIONAL dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'fax': reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library for Python)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'scan': sane-devel (SANE - Scanning library development files)


CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION
-------------------------------
Network connection present.


RUNNING PRE-PACKAGE COMMANDS
----------------------------
sudo dpkg --configure -a (Pre-depend step 1)
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes -f (Pre-depend step 2)
sudo apt-get update (Pre-depend step 3)
OK


DEPENDENCY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
----------------------------------
Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
error: Command failed. Re-try #1...
Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
error: Command failed. Re-try #2...
Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
error: Command failed. Re-try #3...
Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
error: Package install command failed with error code 100
Would you like to retry installing the missing package(s) (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ?

As soon as I try to install libcupsimage2-dev via Synaptic I get the error message of faulty dependencies.

Any hints? Tricks? Magic Spells?

[Valtam]

Give this a go - https://askubuntu.com/questions/917512/h...all/917568

[r0th0m]

Hello Jerry,

thank you for your tip, but unfortunately it is the same as with the hplip-3-18.3: The libscupsimage2-dev package cannot be installed (same error message as above in my first posting). I don't know if it is a general problem that the package cannot be installed. The libscupsimage2-dev package cannot be installed via Synaptic either. Bug or feature?

[Valtam]

You can try a different repo. That package is certainly available. https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libcupsimage2-dev

[Valtam]

Have you run: sudo apt-get install -f yet?

[r0th0m]

Jerry, this is the same package as it is in the package sources and Synaptic also shows it to me. Well, I downloaded it anyway and tried to install it: Installation failed. At the moment I cannot install the libcupsimage2-dev package via Synaptic or GDebi, nor via hplip-3-18.3 or hplip-3-17.4. I just installed a fresh Version of Linux Lite 3.8 this week, so my question was: bug or feature? Does installing libcupsimage2-dev work for you? I already get an error message when I mark the package (Install) in Synaptic. Really strange behaviour ... 

/edit:

Have you run: sudo apt-get install -f yet?

Yes, I did, thereby the buggy libcupsimage2-dev package will be removed (which I downloaded directly from your link)

[r0th0m]

Problem solved thanks to the tireless help of Jerry. Thanks again, Jerry!

[Valtam]

You are very welcome. For others that may visit the thread who own a HP 2540:

Code:

sudo apt-get install hplip hplip-gui

When the USB set up is complete, run the Wireless set up via the HP GUI, then to finish in the terminal:

Code:

hp-setup 192.168.1.55

or whatever ip address it tells you to use.