• Linux kernel 2.4.19 and above (2.6.x recommended).
• GNU software tools are required to build from source code. This includes the ANSI C compiler, ANSI C++ compiler and POSIX compliant environment.
• libusb 0.1.8 or higher.
• ppdev/parport kernel modules for parallel port support.
• GPL Ghostscript 7.05 or higher.
• Foomatic 3.0.2 or higher.
• Qt 3.x or higher for UI toolkit.
• PyQt 3.14 or higher for Qt wrapper for Python.
• Python 2.2 or higher and python-devel (Python 2.3+ for fax support)
• Reportlab (optional-provides fax cover page support)
• CUPS 1.1.15 or higher and cups-devel.
• libjpeg 6b or higher and libjpeg-devel.
• net-snmp 5.0.9 or higher and net-snmp-devel for network support.
• CUPS DDK 1.2 or higher for dynamic PPD support.

HPLIP has been tested on most major Linux distributions.