For HPLIP devices, try the following:
1. Go here and install Patriot's hplipfw-p42-3.9.2-i486.
2. Then go here and install the cupsddk-1.2.3-i486.pet.
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[These are the original instructions]
1. Go here and get the CUPS 1.3.9 stable release package. Download it but do not install it yet.
2. Go here and get the cupsd.conf.zip download at the bottom of the page. Unzip it.
3. Go to a console and type:
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/etc/init.d/cups stop
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mkdir /var/cache
5. Install the cups-1.3.9-i486.pet
You don't need to restart your computer.
6. Copy the file cupsd.conf from Step 2 into the folder /etc/cups. This will eliminate the annoying "woofwoof" logins.
7. Type:
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/etc/init.d/cups start
If your printer uses HPIJS, you must also do the following:
9. Install the HPIJS driver from the Puppy Package Manager. It is listed in the System category as hpijs-2.8.2_static-1.
10. Go to the folder /usr/lib/cups/filter
Locate the file foomatic-rip-hplip and open it in a text editor
Change the top line to #!/usr/bin/perl -U
11. Restart CUPS with
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/etc/init.d/cups restart