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title: "HPLIP won't print"
date: 2018-07-31 13:08:26 +0200
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Symptom
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Printing to HP MFP1217nfw fails with "Filter failed". No useful
information in CUPS logs even at LogLevel debug. Message found
in `/var/log/daemon.log`:

    Jul 31 13:03:10 malaussene hpcups[3083]: common/utils.c 130: validate_plugin_version() Plugin version[3.14.6] mismatch with HPLIP version[3.16.11]
    Jul 31 13:03:10 malaussene hpcups[3083]: common/utils.c 157: Plugin version is not matching

Probable cause
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Upgrade of HPLIP Debian packages without corresponding (manual) update
of the proprietary/binary plugin.

Fix
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Upgrading the plugin using:

    # hp-plugin

proved effective.