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FEDORA 7 instaling HP 1018 Printer

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rock123 Original post #1
Oct 4, 2007 at 1:33 AM
Hello,
I inatalled fedora7 but cannot set up the printer. I am using HP 1018 laser printer (black and white).
Can someone please help how to make it work???
Thanx
tom
praka123
Oct 4, 2007 at 4:09 AM
u need to install hpoj drivers from net.there are rpms available.
use YUM to update.
read *fedorafaq.org
nileshgr
Oct 4, 2007 at 7:16 AM
First, using yum know whether hplip is installed or not.

Code:
yum info hplip

It will give you its summary and status (installed/not).

Then you must update hplip and foomatic (if not updated)

Code:
yum update -y hplip foomatic

This should solve your problem. Try and reply back.