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My daughter bought me an HP Envy 4520 AllInOne printer. I am trying to install drivers for that printer on Ubuntu and when I go to the HP Linux site, I see lots of printers but not that one. Has anyone managed to install drivers that will work for that printer on Ubuntu 14.04?

Charlie RC
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    So does the printer not work? – TheWanderer Apr 22 '16 at 23:47
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    http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/other/envy_4520_series.html Download and install from HP's site. – oldfred Apr 23 '16 at 00:00
  • I downloaded "hplip-3.16.3.run" and I am not sure what to do with it. Please forgive my ignorance....lots of windows experience, not a lot of linux experience. – Charlie RC Apr 24 '16 at 20:19
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    The printer works from windows machines on the network but ubuntu does not even see it. I can ping the IP fine, but I assumed I couldn't see the printer because I don't have a driver installed for it. – Charlie RC Apr 24 '16 at 20:22
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    Ok, did some research and figure out what to do with a run file. I ran it, it asked me a bunch of questions for which I didn't have an answer, took defaults where ever I could and guessed at the rest, and I worked. thank you very much. – Charlie RC Apr 24 '16 at 22:09
  • Ubuntu 18.04 and above has driverless printing – Budget Tech May 15 '19 at 22:32
  • There is also the option to scan directly to a smartphone using the HP Smart App. It works wonders! – Stefano Oct 16 '21 at 23:59

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I just had to configure Ubuntu 19.10 with HP envy 4520. I had no issues with 18.04, 18.10, and 19.04, as it used to auto-discover both the printer and the scanner over Wi-Fi with no human intervention. However, in 19.10 I had to do it manually.

To add the printer, in Applications, go to Printers and click Add. This should automatically find the printer and add it to the list. You can double check by printing a document. Adding a scanner is a little trickier.

To add the scanner, based on HpAllInOne, I had to run sudo hp-setup. If you get error: hp-setup requires GUI support, you need to run sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5. Retry sudo hp-setup, and it should open a GUI window1. From there, it wouldn't auto-detect the scanner over Wi-Fi, as it couldn't find any scanners. So, click Back and on the start page, click Advanced. Enter your printer's IP2 and confirm. Now if you go back to Printers utility, you should see your scanner there.

1If that didn't work, refer to the link above. You may need to install python3-pyqt4.

2You can find the IP in at least two ways: (1) if your printer is already detected, go to Printers, click the gear icon, then Printer Details, and you'll see the Address there; (2) in your printer's interface, go to network settings and look for the IP address. It goes without saying, but you should be connected to the same Wi-Fi network!

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  • My HP Envy on wifi seems to be discovered by my Ubuntu 20.04 but won't print. – Ryan Aug 31 '21 at 22:25
  • This got my printer working on Ubuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1296010/ubuntu-20-04-hp-4520-printer-recognized-by-hp-setup-tool-but-tool-hangs-on-step#comment2333288_1296121 – Ryan Aug 31 '21 at 22:34
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After the latest update to ubuntu 20.04 dated 22/5-2020 the hp envy 4520 funktion as it should.

Previous when i added the printer to my system it added the printer twice and i got a comunication with the printer problem.

It looks like the problem now is solved from the updated kernel.

trond hansen
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Just bought a HP envy 4520 and it works out of the box with CUPS. No driver installation was needed.

I just connected it to my wifi and added the printer using auto discover. Scanning is also working without any further configuration or installation.

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I finally got mine working by getting the IPv4 from the printer's network settings and adding a printer manually with the URI socket://<printer.ip.here>.

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