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I have an HP Chromebook 14 and have bought an HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1515 which cannot be installed on Chrome OS. Can I use Ubuntu to install the printer on my Chromebook?

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  • Please clarify, do you intend to install Ubuntu on the Chromebook itself or another computer? Perhaps by using the widely advertized crouton solution?
    – LiveWireBT
    Oct 13, 2014 at 14:46

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Actually , yes you can do this. It will take some set-up, but it is possible. I've done this to my own Hp 14 Chromebook. I should say that I'm not particularly using the HP deskjet 1515, but I'm using the HP photosmart 5180. Instead of typing out the entire process, I will enter links for you in chronological order of doing this.

  1. Installing Ubuntu on Chromebook via CROUTON method. (Nevermind the Minecraft steps at end.
  2. A little extra information/Pay attention to Unity,Crouton etc.
  3. GitHub, CUPS,CROUTON set-up with HP
  4. You'll need to install Gedit if your moving on to step 5 with
  5. A little further for setting up CUPS start-up. Look at Bweinel's answer

These are the links I have saved from my set-up a few months ago. Hope this helps you out. And here's a link to my own Askubuntu question, from when I was having trouble getting the printer to connect.

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  • That has nothing to do with his question at all. He is asking how to install HIS PRINTER on Chrome OS on his Chromebook and if he can somehow use another PC that has Ubuntu to help him do that. His question has nothing to do with Ubuntu running on a Chromebook.
    – John Scott
    Oct 13, 2014 at 14:04
  • @FuzzyToothpaste You are the first one stating something about using another computer in this question. But we can ask the OP herself/himself for clarification instead of patronizing.
    – LiveWireBT
    Oct 13, 2014 at 14:52
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You can't. A computer running Ubuntu won't be able to install and set up a printer on a different computer, especially not one that uses a different operating system. If Chrome OS doesn't support your printer, blame Google's developers.

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  • I'm sure the OP meant using the printer from within Ubuntu on the Chromebook.
    – LiveWireBT
    Oct 12, 2014 at 20:27
  • What? You can't have Ubuntu on a Chromebook! Chromebooks are locked to Chrome OS unless you use an unofficial hack that can brick your system and void your warranty. You don't know what you're talking about!
    – John Scott
    Oct 13, 2014 at 3:52
  • chromium.org/chromium-os/poking-around-your-chrome-os-device github.com/dnschneid/crouton Anything else you want to tell us?
    – LiveWireBT
    Oct 13, 2014 at 4:24
  • Yeah, that github.com/dnschneid/crouton is unofficial and voids your warranty and is not developed by anyone at the Chromium Project and that Ubuntu would probably have hardware compatibility problems anyway. Notice how in the question that he said he is having problems installing his printer on Chrome OS and not Ubuntu, and his question ends with him asking if he can use a separate Ubuntu machine to install the printer in Chrome OS on his Chromebook, so running Ubuntu on Chromebooks is unrelated to his question anyway.
    – John Scott
    Oct 13, 2014 at 14:03
  • "Can I use Ubuntu to install the printer on my Chromebook?" Yes you can by putting you Chromebook in developer mode and install Ubuntu in a chroot using crouton, which is completely reversible and doesn't void your warranty in any way. Are you sure we are talking about the same question? Have you even understood how chroot or LXC works? Have you tried installing crouton on a Chromebook yourself? I can say that I did. I'm not very convinced that this solution is a proper way to experience Ubuntu, but if you need some software on your Chromebook to talk to your printer, then go for it!
    – LiveWireBT
    Oct 13, 2014 at 14:33

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