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<p>HPLIP is free, open source software distributed under the MIT, BSD, and GPL license. HP does not provide formal consumer or commercial support for this software. Support is provided informally through a series of resources at the Sourceforge.net website, and on this HP sponsored website. Here you will find FAQ's, open discussion email lists, installation instructions, product support (and unsupported tables, as well as other support documentation. If you need hardware support or additional assistance with non-linux operating systems (Windows) go to the <a class="reference" href="http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=support">HP Support</a> site. <strong>Note</strong>: Sourceforge.net is owned and operated by OSTG, Inc. and is not affiliated with HP.</p>
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<p>General Linux printing assistance is also available from open discussion forums, documentation, access to PPD files, etc are available from the <a class="reference" href="http://www.linuxprinting.org/">Linuxprinting</a>.org website. <strong>Note</strong>: <a class="reference" href="http://www.linuxprinting.org/">Linuxprinting</a>.org is operated through the generous efforts of Grant Taylor and Till Kappeter and is not affiliated with HP.</p>
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<p>Information about <a class="reference" href="http://www.cups.org/">CUPS</a> (Common UNIX Printing System) is available at cups.org. This website also contains forums and other support resources for printing on linux. <strong>Note</strong>: <a class="reference" href="http://www.cups.org/">CUPS</a> and the <a class="reference" href="http://www.cups.org/">CUPS</a> website are owned and operated by Easy Software Products and is not affiliated with HP.</p>
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<p>HPLIP is OSI Certified. <a class="reference" href="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source Initiative</a> (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through the OSI Certified Open Source Software certification mark and program. <strong>Note</strong>: OSI is owned and operated by the <a class="reference" href="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source Initiative</a> and is not affiliated with HP.</p>
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<p>HPLIP is written using <a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a>. <a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> ® is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable code. <strong>Note</strong>: Python is owned and operated by the <a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/">Python Software Foundation</a> and is not affiliated with HP.</p>
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<p>The HPLIP website is created using rest2web. <a class="reference" href="http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/rest2web/">rest2web</a> is a simple tool that lets you build your website from a single template (or as many as you want), and keep the contents in ReStructured Text. <strong>Note</strong>: <a class="reference" href="http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/rest2web/">rest2web</a> is owned and operated by Voidspace and is not affiliated with HP.</p>
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<p>The HPLIP Project is hosted by Sourceforge. <a class="reference" href="http://www.sourceforge.net">SourceForge.net</a> is the world's largest Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects and over 1,000,000 registered users with a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. SourceForge.net has the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet, and hosts more Open Source development products than any other site or network worldwide. SourceForge.net provides a wide variety of services to projects we host, and to the Open Source community. <strong>Note</strong>: Sourceforge.net is owned and operated by Open Source Technology Group and is not affiliated with HP.</p>
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