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I need the latest version of HPLip on my computer to fully support a new printer. I already have HPLip and HPLip GUI installed from the Ubuntu repositories. HP offers a .run based installer to be run in bash. Should I remove the HPLip deb packages before I run the HP installer, or will the HP installer update current version? I am afraid to just try since I may mess up the printer sub system not knowing how to fix it.

Christian
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    Whilst the current convention is to remove old versions of HPLIP, I installed a newer version and in the installation process, it asked if I wanted to remove the old one which I accepted and it worked without further issue. – graham Jan 07 '20 at 17:06
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    You are right, it asked to remove the current driver and everything went well. The only thing I noticed is that the HP Device Manager "hp-toolbox" takes around 20 seconds to open. It used to be pretty instant. Adding printers works without problems and since I am not using the Device Manager much it doesn't matter. Would be insteresting to know why it takes so long though. – Christian Jan 07 '20 at 19:28
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    Does this answer your question? How to install HPLIP on my Ubuntu to support my HP printer and/or scanner? – N0rbert Jan 08 '20 at 16:10

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I would suggest removing the packages provided by Ubuntu if you're about to replace them with a more recent version from the vendor.

BulletBob
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Whilst the current convention is to remove old versions of HPLIP, I installed a newer version and in the installation process, it asked if I wanted to remove the old one which I accepted and it worked without further issue.

graham
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