Ubuntu and HP LaserJet 1020 step-by-step

Worked on Ubuntu edgy 6.10.

First get necessary tools:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

then download foo2zjs drivers

wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz

untar

tar -zxvf foo2zjs.tar.gz
cd foo2zjs

uninstall previous isntallations:

sudo make uninstall

build:

make

get HP LJ1020 firmware file:

./getweb 1020

install printers linux support:

sudo make install install-hotplug cups

Found on Jano’s weblog.

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Zadziałało na Ubuntu edgy 6.10.

Najpierw wrzuć kilka narzędzi:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

potem ponierz sterowniki foo2zjs

wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz

wypakuj

tar -zxvf foo2zjs.tar.gz
cd foo2zjs

odinstaluj poprzednie instalacje:

sudo make uninstall

skompiluj:

make

pobierz firmware HP LJ1020:

./getweb 1020

zainstaluj obsługe drukarek w linuksie:

sudo make install install-hotplug cups

Znalezione na Jano’s weblog.

2 Responses to “Ubuntu and HP LaserJet 1020 step-by-step”


  1. 1 trueboar January 29, 2007 at 11:07

    One thing I’ve noticed is that printer doesn’t print jobs sent before it’s get fully ready. So I have to send/print docs couple of seconds after turning on my laserjet 1020. I don’t know if it’s fault of my cups configuration, or just ‘it is the way it is’.

  2. 2 Ramkumar October 24, 2008 at 6:38

    Thank you very much. After many googling I finally got the right solution


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