Install HP printer? "open hplip"? -- How? (KDE) [Solved]

[LichPortal]

OK, so I finally got around to installing my HP Laserjet 3390 printer on my Sabayon+KDE system.

On the Sabayon Wiki, i.e., https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?titl ... HP_Printer
it says:

1) Install hplip [...]
(OK - I did that with Rigo.)

2) [...] open hplip.

Hmm... but how do I "open hplip"?? It doesn't appear anywhere in the main launcher, and is not in my $PATH nor in root's $PATH. I would have expected it to appear somewhere in the "System Settings" menu(s), but I don't see it. Indeed, I don't see anything related to printer management.

TIA for any help.

[svantoviit]

You should have an entry called "HP Device Manager" in the menus.

Or simply run

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hp-toolbox

or

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hp-setup

in terminal.

There are more related commands:

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$ hp-
hp-align               hp-levels              hp-scan
hp-check               hp-linefeedcal         hp-sendfax
hp-clean               hp-logcapture          hp-setup
hp-colorcal            hp-makecopies          hp-systray
hp-config_usb_printer  hp-makeuri             hp-testpage
hp-devicesettings      hp-mkuri               hp-timedate
hp-diagnose_plugin     hp-pkservice           hp-toolbox
hp-diagnose_queues     hp-plugin              hp-uninstall
hp-doctor              hp-pqdiag              hp-unload
hp-fab                 hp-print               hp-upgrade
hp-faxsetup            hp-printsettings       hp-wificonfig
hp-firmware            hp-probe               
hp-info                hp-query               

You get more info on each of them using the --help option.

[LichPortal]

Thanks for the reply, svantoviit.

Unfortunately, I seem to have none of the things you listed.

Which menu should "HP Device Manager" appear under?

Also, what's the full directory path to those other commands you mentioned?

Perhaps something is missing from my system, but I don't know what other package(s) to install. When I do a search in Rigo for "hp-toolbox", or "hp-setup, or "HP Device Manager", Rigo finds nothing.

[svantoviit]

all commands come with hplip

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$ equo query files hplip | grep -e \ /usr/bin
>>  ### /usr/bin
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-align
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-check
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-clean
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-colorcal
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-config_usb_printer
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-devicesettings
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-diagnose_plugin
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-diagnose_queues
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-doctor
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-fab
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-faxsetup
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-firmware
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-info
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-levels
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-linefeedcal
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-logcapture
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-makecopies
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-makeuri
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-mkuri
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-pkservice
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-plugin
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-pqdiag
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-print
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-printsettings
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-probe
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-query
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-scan
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-sendfax
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-setup
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-systray
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-testpage
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-timedate
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-toolbox
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-uninstall
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-unload
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-upgrade
>>  ### /usr/bin/hp-wificonfig
>>  ### /usr/bin/hpijs

just install it:

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#  equo i -a hplip

or via Rigo

[LichPortal]

all commands come with hplip

Weird. I did indeed install hplip via Rigo earlier (or so I thought). It seemed to be downloading heaps of glibc and kde stuff and took hours. Maybe something went awry and the hplip install didn't complete properly.

Anyway, I just re-tried to install hplip via Rigo, and this time it did so successfully within minutes.
Dunno what went wrong before.

Thanks again.