Looking for a distro that supports HP Officejet 3830
by sofasurfer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5GYZ9)
I don't know if all Linux distros are created equal where printers are concerned so I come to you all for advice.
I have a HP Officejet 3830 all-in-one printer. I used to run Ubuntu 16.04. On installation this printer was set up and ran flawlessly. This was great because I am not capable of understanding the packages and configuration steps to manually install a printer. But now that I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 this printer know longer works properly. And as far as I have learned this can not be corrected because one of this supporting packages that works with HPLIP (I think it is python) does not support this printer. Soooo, I am wondering if I can find a distro that DOES support my printer properly. Buying a new printer is not and option. Ubuntu 16.04 is no longer supported by the powers that be. I wonder why the software in Ubuntu 16.04 can not be installed on Ubuntu 20.04 but they tell me this will not work. So I am asking the gurus what they would do in this situation. I will try any other distro with the only other preferred requirement being .Deb package installation. I'm not really good at building packages.
I have a HP Officejet 3830 all-in-one printer. I used to run Ubuntu 16.04. On installation this printer was set up and ran flawlessly. This was great because I am not capable of understanding the packages and configuration steps to manually install a printer. But now that I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 this printer know longer works properly. And as far as I have learned this can not be corrected because one of this supporting packages that works with HPLIP (I think it is python) does not support this printer. Soooo, I am wondering if I can find a distro that DOES support my printer properly. Buying a new printer is not and option. Ubuntu 16.04 is no longer supported by the powers that be. I wonder why the software in Ubuntu 16.04 can not be installed on Ubuntu 20.04 but they tell me this will not work. So I am asking the gurus what they would do in this situation. I will try any other distro with the only other preferred requirement being .Deb package installation. I'm not really good at building packages.