HP Printer Utilities

[Mark Haney]

Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> I have an HP 5440 printer. Looking at the system, it appears that the
> HPLIP system is installed by yum. This should include the HP printer
> utilities to do such things as show ink levels, etc.
> 
> I've been through the kicker menu in kde, and I don't see the HP utility
> listed anywhere. Would someone be so kind as to tell me how to start the
> HP printer utilities on Fedora? If I know how to start the program, I
> can add it to the menu myself.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> ---Michael
> 

I just had the same problem with my all-in-one HP.  I just type
hp-toolbox (I think, I'm not home I can't swear to that exact name) in a
terminal window.  BTW, hplip works great, kudos to the guys making that
happen.  Now I can do everything in Linux I need to.  ('cept games.)


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Mark Haney
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ERC Broadband
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