Driver For HP Laserjet 3150

[abrogard]

Couldn't see a forum for printers so I"m putting it here, hope that's alright.

Are there any drivers for an old HP Laserjet 3150? Even one that perhaps has limited functionality?

It is our only printer and we run it off win xp because there's no other drivers for it we can find.

I have searched HP's site and other places, googling, and I can't find anything.

Thought it might be worth asking....

[chazb]

You might try,,,,,,,,,

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https://download.cnet.com/HP-LaserJet-3150/3000-2116_4-135466.html

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I quit Microsoft when they stopped supporting XP, went to Linux Mint and haven't looked back at all. Ya there is a small learning curve but it is not hard.

[smurphos]

Looking at https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imag ... ices/index there are three different HP printers with Laserjet & 3150 in their title...all of which should be supported by the standard HPLIP package available from the Mint repos albeit several are listed as end of life so if it's broken it will stay broken.

apt install hplip-gui

[Webtest]

abrogard:

I went through this recently when I built a LM 18.3 LiveMedia system. I kept having to switch back to LM 15 to use my HP-5000 parallel port printer because it was the last version that would support it natively.

I don't have the details of the Google search I did, but it ended up on the HP support site. The process is a little convoluted and the driver is slow, but it does work just fine. I did an "apt-get download" and saved 4 files. Do a search for "hplip-gui_3.16.3+repack0-1_all.deb" and it should take you right to the website.

Here is the script that loads everything into my LM-18.3 system:

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#!/bin/bash

# ADR hp5000.sh  171207.1436  2017 (c) All Rights Reserved
# Install the HP Printer Installer GUI into LM18.3 Mate 64-bit

echo 'Installing HP Printer Installer GUI'
echo; echo '********    TURN ON THE HP 5000 PRINTER    ********'; echo
sleep 3

cd /media/mint/0_ME_FIRST/app-files/hplip
# cd /media/mint/DISTROS/linux-mint/m18p3-64b/hplip

echo; echo 'Loading HPLIP GUI files:'; echo
sudo dpkg -i python3-dbus.mainloop.qt_4.11.4+dfsg-1build4_amd64.deb
echo; echo 'Loading HPLIP GUI files:'; echo
sudo dpkg -i python3-sip_4.17+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
echo; echo 'Loading HPLIP GUI files:'; echo
sudo dpkg -i python3-pyqt4_4.11.4+dfsg-1build4_amd64.deb
echo; echo 'Loading HPLIP GUI files:'; echo
sudo dpkg -i hplip-gui_3.16.3+repack0-1_all.deb
echo

# Run HPLIP Toolbox
nohup /usr/bin/hp-toolbox &

sleep 1

Good Luck!
Blessings in abundance, all the best, & ENJOY!
Art in Carlisle, PA USA
hplip-gui_3.16.3+repack0-1_all.deb