HP Deskjet F2483 driver for 10.10?

[Avraham Hanadari]

On 03/26/2011 05:48 PM, Tony Pursell wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 11:48 +0200, Avraham Hanadari wrote:
>> I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 and am trying to get the peripherals up
>> and working. A primary concern is the printer / scanner / fax unit I
>> have been using with Windows, HP Deskjet F2483. Has anyone found a
>> driver? I'm wary about experimenting, because I damaged a printer once
>> by using a do-all generic driver in an earlier iteration of Ubuntu. I'd
>> prefer knowing that someone has already managed to get full
>> functionality from the hardware.
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Rick
>>
>>
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> The F2400 series is supported via the HPLIP package, see
>
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/deskjet_aio/deskjet_f2400_series.html
>
> but not for fax, only printing and scanning.
>
> HPLIP can be installed via Ubuntu Software Centre.  Then if the printer
> is not recognised automatically, install it using System>
> Administration>  Printing.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Tony
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>
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Thanks for the lead. I've installed the package using the Software 
Centre. I'll try the printer soon.
Rick