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Similar guide for HP LaserJet 1020 which needed some additional steps because of driver compatibility - https://tripad.medium.com/turning-my-old-printer-into-a-wire...

Apart from some USB port selection issues there has been pretty much no problems running this for over a year

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I have a similar one and could never get the firmware uploading (foo2zjs / hplip) to work reliably. It would randomly stop working and then need an undetermined number of power cycles / USB repluggings to come back. I should have an other go with that. It was a lovely setup when it worked, printing from any OS incl. mobile without cables or funky drivers.

I got mine in 2006. Hooked up to my NAS and HPLIP and CUPS. Unfortunately foo2zjs is discontinued and there's a bug with HPLIP. You have to power it on twice to load the firmware ...

AirPrint does only really work with this script:

https://github.com/tjfontaine/airprint-generate

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