HP Deskjet 2700 series. Cant enter info into localhost:631 page. Going to go bald on this one!

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Hello,
First off, I would like to let you all know that I am floored at the ability, of how much information people in the programming, coding, hardware / software, etc… industry can retain. Your memory retention has to be off the charts compared to the general public. I have so much respect for the amount of time you all have invested into the education necessary to learn all of this information… I would also like to take the time to thank everyone who volunteers their time to help new users like me. Without professionals like you, I would be stuck using Microsoft forever. After getting a brand new computer, I immediately remembered why I despised Windows, I couldn’t wipe Windows 11 fast enough. So, hats off to all of you!!!

 So, I am having a VERY frustrating time trying to add my printer.  I made it thru a system wipe, partition, OS installation, sound card driver install, backlit keyboard driver install, network card driver, but not this printer.  I must be overlooking something stupid... I went thru the threads on your help topics as well as google for the last 20 hours or so before bothering you guys.   But as a brand new user of Debian, ( I Had Linux mint for six months after having enough of Windows ), I am at a complete loss on this and frustration is starting to get the best of me.

 For some reason I cannot enter my printer location or URI into the connection area of administration on http://localhost:631 to save my life.   Every time I try to enter the connection information its telling me ...  "The printer name may only contain up to 127 printable characters and may not contain spaces, slashes (/ \), quotes (' "), question mark (?), or the pound sign (#)."  It doesn't matter what I use in the Printer Name, Description, Location area.   I can leave that blank and it still says the same thing... I cant figure it out because it even gives me a example on the connection page, I try http://localhost:631 I tried the URI same results.  I have attached screenshots of what I am talking about.  Hopefully I followed your format correctly and I hope I posted this in the right support forum.  I really appreciate your time and knowledge!

  Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide,
                                                                                                   Jay

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VERSION_ID=“6.3”
VERSION=“6.3 (lorikeet)”
VERSION_CODENAME=lory

6.11+parrot-amd64

AddPrinter
AddPrinter1920×1080 109 KB

localhost
localhost1920×1080 91.6 KB

no name
no name1920×1080 87.9 KB

result
result1920×1080 76.5 KB

uri
uri1920×1080 93.8 KB

printer name
printer name1920×1080 92.6 KB

result2
result21920×1080 75 KB

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some of this you will have done and some maybe not,.
1] go to the software manager and make sure you have installed
printer-driver-hpcups & hplip [those are the main drivers for HP inkjets

2 open print manager [from the Parrot menue] is the HP showing, and is it ticked as enabled

If you just want to print from one machine, the easy way is…
switch on printer, take a note of the Passcode [usualy 9 or10 digite long], go to the printer icon right click and install the printer direct to the machines wi-fi using the printer passcode.
working this way you can only either connect to the internet router or the printer, not both at the same time [swap from one to other using using the print icon to select

something I have not tried myself is the quick way to install a network printer IF you know its network address is hp-setup 192.168.2.250 CHANGE address to yours

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Even if you have installed hplip and cups, make certain to make them both Read, write, executible [chmod 774 ].
Before you initiate browser interface open a bash or zsh terminal (not a shell per se).

$ sudo apt install cups
$ cd cups
$ sudo chmod 774 /¿/¿/cups

$ cd (back to home dir)

$ sudo apt install hplip -y
$ cd hplip
$ sudo chmod 774 /¿/¿/¿

$ cd (back to home dir)

$ sudo service cups start

then jump in your browser, go in settling and add:
http://localhost:631/admin
https://localhost:631/admin
to you exceptions for filtering and blocking content

then you won’t have an issue entering local host in a browser.

trying to go straight to a HP via Wi-Fi direct or bonjour is a haste. It is good to go thru HP Smart and have the password and such for the Wi-Fi direct and bonjour set up though.

namaste :folded_hands:

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A ‘local printer’ in this context is one connected directly to the computer by a cable, if you want it to be connected over the network, attach it to your router only!

Anyway, this is for Ubuntu, but same steps as its all Debian based;
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-networked-hp-printer-and-scanner-on-ubuntu-linux/