HP LaserJet is not printing in Ubuntu LTS 20.04

[Aangg]

Hi HP Community,

HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP is not printing. (OS: Ubuntu LTS 20.04, Connection: USB cord). After clicking Print icon, nothing prints. I get "Unknown error" status for the printing job, code 1018. And another code 501 for the "Print job has completed ".

I get these warnings (from HPLIP driver diagnostics), quoting :

" warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP.ppd ppd file "

and

" Checking for Configured Queues....

warning: Fail to read ppd=/etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP.ppd file

warning: Insufficient permission to access file /etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP.ppd

warning: Could not complete Queue(s) configuration check  "

It scans ok in Ubuntu though. The Laserjet also prints, scans and makes copies in Windows 10 just fine.

I reinstalled HP Device manager multiple times to the system I’m using. Nothing. I searched the internet for a solution for days and days. Nothing seems to fix it. Is it fixable?

Is there a solution to this issue or not? Thank you all for any suggestions.

Spoiler

Aangg

Below are full HPLIP driver diagnostics results (italic):

/usr/share/hplip/check.py:685: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?

if 'getfacl' not in g and '' is not g and 'file' not in g:

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.9)

Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP

This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it

under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.9)

Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP

This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it

under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Checking for Deprecated items....

No Deprecated items are found

Checking for HPLIP updates....

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.9)

HPLIP upgrade latest version ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP

This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it

under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Latest version of HPLIP is already installed.

Checking for Dependencies....

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| SYSTEM INFO |

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Kernel: 5.4.0-60-lowlatency #67-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 5 19:34:05 UTC 2021 GNU/Linux

Host: ubst

Proc: 5.4.0-60-lowlatency #67-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 5 19:34:05 UTC 2021 GNU/Linux

Distribution: 12 20.04

Bitness: 64 bit

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| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |

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HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.20.9

HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip

HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is supported for ubuntu distro 20.04 version

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:

# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]

version=3.20.9

[dirs]

home=/usr/share/hplip

run=/var/run

ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP

ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd

doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.20.9

html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.20.9

icon=/usr/share/applications

cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend

cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter

drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp

bin=/usr/bin

apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d

# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.

[configure]

network-build=yes

libusb01-build=no

pp-build=no

gui-build=yes

scanner-build=yes

fax-build=yes

dbus-build=yes

cups11-build=no

doc-build=yes

shadow-build=no

hpijs-install=no

foomatic-drv-install=no

foomatic-ppd-install=no

foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no

hpcups-install=yes

cups-drv-install=yes

cups-ppd-install=no

internal-tag=3.20.9

restricted-build=no

ui-toolkit=qt5

qt3=no

qt4=no

qt5=yes

policy-kit=no

lite-build=no

udev_sysfs_rules=no

hpcups-only-build=no

hpijs-only-build=no

apparmor_build=yes

class-driver=no

Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:

[plugin]

installed = 1

eula = 1

version = 3.20.9

Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:

[commands]

scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%

[fax]

email_address =

voice_phone =

[installation]

date_time = 01/14/21 18:19:47

version = 3.20.9

[last_used]

device_uri = "hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP?serial=000000000QH75VHKPR1a"

printer_name = HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP

working_dir = .

[polling]

device_list =

enable = false

interval = 5

[refresh]

enable = false

rate = 30

type = 1

[settings]

systray_messages = 0

systray_visible = 0

[upgrade]

last_upgraded_time = 1608244109

latest_available_version = 3.17.10

notify_upgrade = true

pending_upgrade_time = 0

<Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>

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| External Dependencies |

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cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.3.1 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running'

gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.50 OK -

xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK -

scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.29 OK -

dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.12.16 OK -

policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK -

network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.20.3 OK -

avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.7 OK -

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| General Dependencies |

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libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK -

cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.3.1 OK -

cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.3.1 OK -

libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - b'2.31' OK -

libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK -

sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK -

sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - OK -

libavahi-dev libavahi-dev REQUIRED - - OK -

libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.8 OK -

libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.1 OK -

python3X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.8.5 OK -

python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK -

python3-pyqt5-dbus PyQt 5 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt5 OPTIONAL 5.0 5.14.1 OK -

python3-pyqt5 PyQt 5- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 5.0 5.14.1 OK -

python3-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.16 OK -

python3-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.9 OK -

python3-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.8.5 OK -

python3-pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 7.0.0 OK -

python3-reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.5.34 OK -

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| COMPILEDEP |

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libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK -

gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 9.3.0 OK -

make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.2.1 OK -

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| Python Extentions |

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cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.9 OK -

hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.9 OK -

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| Scan Configuration |

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hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.20.9 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'

scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.9 OK -

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| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |

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device `hpaio:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP?serial=000000000QH75VHKPR1a' is a Hewlett-Packard HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP all-in-one

device `hpaio:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP?serial=000000000QH75VHKPR1a' is a Hewlett-Packard HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP all-in-one

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| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |

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Device URI Model

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hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional HP LaserJet Professional M1132

_M1132_MFP?serial=000000000QH75V MFP

HKPR1a

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| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |

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HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP

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Type: Printer

Device URI: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP?serial=000000000QH75VHKPR1a

PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP.ppd

warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP.ppd ppd file

PPD Description:

Printer status: printer HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP is idle. enabled since Čt 14ready to print17:10:47

Communication status: Good

HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP

----------------------------------

Type: Printer

Device URI: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP?serial=000000000QH75VHKPR1a

PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP.ppd

PPD Description: HP LaserJet Professional m1132 MFP, hpcups 3.20.9

Printer status: printer HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1132_MFP is idle. enabled since Čt 14. ledna 2021, 16:48:52

Communication status: Good

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| PERMISSION |

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USB HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP Required - - OK Node:'/dev/bus/usb/001/004' Perm:' root lp rw- rw- rw- rw- r--'

Checking for Configured Queues....

warning: Fail to read ppd=/etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP.ppd file

warning: Insufficient permission to access file /etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-Professional-M1132-MFP.ppd

warning: Could not complete Queue(s) configuration check

Checking for HP Properitery Plugin's....

No plug-in printers are configured.

Diagnose completed...