Packages I installed, which pullin others but made my install functional immediately, including properly using the PPD files, which has been a common issue as well. foomatic-db-engine ghostscript net-snmp python-dbus python-gobject cups libusb python-pillow python-pyqt5 python-reportlab rpcbind sane wget xsane cups libusb python-pyqt5 rpcbind sane Full Output of hp-doctor: $ /usr/bin/hp-doctor HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.6) Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0 Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.6) Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0 Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. Checking for Deprecated items.... error: This distro (i.e unknown ) is either deprecated or not yet supported. The diagnosis is limited on unsupported platforms. Do you want to continue?(y=yes*, n=no):yes error: Please enter 'y', 'n', 'q' or press for the default of 'y'. The diagnosis is limited on unsupported platforms. Do you want to continue?(y=yes*, n=no): Checking for HPLIP updates.... HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.6) HPLIP upgrade latest version ver. 1.0 Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. error: HPLIP upgrade is disabled by Archlinux for security reasons, see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38083 - if you like to upgrade HPLIP, use the Archlinux software package manager pacman. Done. error: Failed to upgrade latest HPLIP. Is hp-upgrade already running (i.e. foreground or background)? Checking for Dependencies.... warning: 0- version is not supported. Using 0-0 versions dependencies to verify and install... --------------- | SYSTEM INFO | --------------- Kernel: 5.1.15.a-1-hardened #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 27 11:33:04 CEST 2019 GNU/Linux Host: ltpx2h Proc: 5.1.15.a-1-hardened #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 27 11:33:04 CEST 2019 GNU/Linux Distribution: 0 Bitness: 64 bit ----------------------- | HPLIP CONFIGURATION | ----------------------- HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.19.6 HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for 0 distro version Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file: # hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure. [hplip] version=3.19.6 [dirs] home=/usr/share/hplip run=/var/run ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.6 html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.19.6 icon=/usr/share/applications cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp bin=/usr/bin apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d # Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed. [configure] network-build=yes libusb01-build=no pp-build=yes gui-build=yes scanner-build=yes fax-build=yes dbus-build=yes cups11-build=no doc-build=yes shadow-build=no hpijs-install=no foomatic-drv-install=no foomatic-ppd-install=no foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no hpcups-install=yes cups-drv-install=yes cups-ppd-install=no internal-tag=3.19.6 restricted-build=no ui-toolkit=qt5 qt3=no qt4=no qt5=yes policy-kit=no lite-build=no udev_sysfs_rules=no hpcups-only-build=no hpijs-only-build=no apparmor_build=no class-driver=no Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file: Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file: [installation] date_time = 07/03/19 10:11:36 version = 3.19.6 ------------------------- | External Dependencies | ------------------------- cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.2.11 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running' gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.27 OK - error: xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 - MISSING 'xsane needs to be installed' scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.27 OK - dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.12.16 OK - policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.116 OK - error: network network -wget OPTIONAL - - MISSING 'network needs to be installed' avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.7 OK - ------------------------ | General Dependencies | ------------------------ libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK - cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.2.11 OK - cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.2.11 OK - libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - b'2.29' OK - libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK - sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - 1.0.27 OK - sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - 1.0.27 OK - libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.8 OK - libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.1 OK - python3X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.7.3 OK - error: python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - MISSING 'python3-notify2 needs to be installed' error: python3-pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 OPTIONAL 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4-dbus needs to be installed' error: python3-pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4 needs to be installed' python3-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.8 OK - python3-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.7 OK - python3-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.7.3 OK - error: python3-pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - - MISSING 'python3-pil needs to be installed' error: python3-reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 - MISSING 'python3-reportlab needs to be installed' -------------- | COMPILEDEP | -------------- libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK - gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 9.1.0 OK - make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.2.1 OK - --------------------- | Python Extentions | --------------------- cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.6 OK - hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.6 OK - ---------------------- | Scan Configuration | ---------------------- hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.19.6 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf' scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.19.6 OK - ------------------------------ | DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES | ------------------------------ device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname Integrated Camera: Integrated C virtual device -------------------------- | DISCOVERED USB DEVICES | -------------------------- No devices found. --------------------------------- | INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES | --------------------------------- lpstat ------ Type: Unknown Device URI: No destinations added. -------------- | PERMISSION | -------------- Checking Permissions.... Checking for Configured Queues.... No Queue added warning: No Queue(s) configured. Checking for HP Properitery Plugin's.... No plug-in printers are configured. Diagnose completed... More information on Troubleshooting,How-To's and Support is available on http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html