Failed to install HP driver plug-in for a HP ColorLaserJet MFP M282nw scanner

With YaST2 I have configured a HP ColorLaserJet MFP M282nw device both as a printer and scanner via usb and wifi connections.
Printing works fine, but trying to scan requires an extra HP driver plug-in installation which fails each time.

Scenario for the wifi connected scanner using hp-setup (via YaST2):

> scanimage -L
      device `hpaio:/net/HP_ColorLaserJet_MFP_M282-M285?ip=192.168.1.3'       is a Hewlett-Packard HP_ColorLaserJet_MFP_M282-M285 all-in-one
    
Then try to scan from two scanner applications, skanlite and simple-scan: 
> skanlite
    Could not open the scanner
    "hpaio:/net/HP_ColorLaserJet_MFP_M282-M285?ip=192.168.1.3"
    sane_open("     "hpaio:/net/HP_ColorLaserJet_MFP_M282-M285?ip=192.168.1.3" ",     &handle) failed! status =  Error during device I/O
or
> simple-scan 
    HP Device Manager - Plug-in Installer:
    HP Device requires proprietary plug-in which is missing.
    Click 'Next' to continue plug-in installation
    Next
    
    An additonal driver plug-in is required to operate this printer.     You may donload the plug-in directly from an HP autorized server     (recommended), or, if already have a copy of this file, you can     specify a path to the file (advanced).
    
    Plug-in installation choice
    * Download and installed the plug-in from an HP authorized server     (recommended)
    Next
    
    /home/terje/.hplip/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run file does not match its     checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered
    OK
    
    Failed to install Plug-in.
    Either you have chosen to skip the Plug-in installation  or entered     incorrect Password
    OK
ls /home/terje/.hplip
    hplip.conf  

The same happends on two stationary workstations, usb and wifi connected respectively to the HP device, and both installed with Leap 15.3 from scratch (if I remember right).
However on a third laptop machine I upgraded from Leap 15.2 to 15.3, scanning works. That is I think the plug-in was installed on Leap 15.2 first.


So the question is, where is the HP plug-in found and possibly where is it installed, and how to verify if there is some versions conflicts?

Here is the hplip packages installed on all three machines (no hp plug-in seen):

# zypper se -is hplip
      Loading repository data...
      Reading installed packages...
      
      S  | Name             | Type    | Version     | Arch   |       Repository
---+------------------+---------+-------------+--------+----------------
      i+ | hplip            | package | 3.20.11-2.1 | x86_64 | Main       Repository
      i+ | hplip-hpijs      | package | 3.20.11-2.1 | x86_64 | Main       Repository
      i+ | hplip-sane       | package | 3.20.11-2.1 | x86_64 | Main       Repository
      i+ | hplip-scan-utils | package | 3.20.11-2.1 | x86_64 | Main       Repository

run:

hp-plugin

Hi
You need to run the command hp-plugin as your user, I usually download the plugin version required and run there…


cd
wget https://developers.hp.com/sites/default/files/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run -O hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run
wget https://developers.hp.com/sites/default/files/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc -O hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc
hp-plugin -i -p .

> hp-plugin

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.


HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Checking for network connection...
Downloading plug-in from: 
error: /home/terje/.hplip/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run file does not match its checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered

Done.

That is, similar error message as initial above.

How about hplip-sane?

> cd
terje@localhost:~> wget https://developers.hp.com/sites/default/files/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run -O hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run
--2021-07-17 16:02:48--  https://developers.hp.com/sites/default/files/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run
Slår opp vertsnavn developers.hp.com (developers.hp.com) … 34.210.182.99, 35.167.236.162
Kobler til developers.hp.com (developers.hp.com)|34.210.182.99|:443 …tilkoblet.
HTTP-forespørsel sendt. Venter på svar … 200 OK
Lengde: 11514293 (11M)
Lagrer til: «hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run»

hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run          100%=============================================================>]  10,98M  6,03MB/s    på 1,8s    

2021-07-17 16:02:51 (6,03 MB/s) - «hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run» lagret [11514293/11514293]

terje@localhost:~> wget https://developers.hp.com/sites/default/files/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc -O hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc
--2021-07-17 16:03:13--  https://developers.hp.com/sites/default/files/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc
Slår opp vertsnavn developers.hp.com (developers.hp.com) … 34.210.182.99, 35.167.236.162
Kobler til developers.hp.com (developers.hp.com)|34.210.182.99|:443 …tilkoblet.
HTTP-forespørsel sendt. Venter på svar … 200 OK
Lengde: 198 [text/plain]
Lagrer til: «hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc»

hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc      100%=============================================================>]     198  --.-KB/s    på 0s      

2021-07-17 16:03:14 (13,0 MB/s) - «hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run.asc» lagret [198/198]

terje@localhost:~> hp-plugin -i -p .

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.


HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.)


------------------------------------------
| PLUG-IN INSTALLATION FOR HPLIP 3.20.11 |
------------------------------------------


---------------
| COPY PLUGIN |
---------------

Downloading plug-in from: file:///home/terje/hplip-3.20.11-plugin.run
Downloading plug-in: \                                                                                           ] 0%  1100%Receiving digital keys: /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/terje/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9
 
error: Unable to recieve key from keyserver
Do you still want to install the plug-in? (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? y

----------------------
| INSTALLING PLUG-IN |
----------------------

Creating directory plugin_tmp
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.20.11 Plugin Self Extracting Archive..............................................................

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11)
Plugin Installer ver. 3.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Plug-in version: 3.20.11
Installed HPLIP version: 3.20.11
Number of files to install: 64

You must agree to the license terms before installing the plug-in:

LICENSE TERMS FOR HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) Driver Plug-in                                                                  

.................. snip ...............

Do you accept the license terms for the plug-in (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y
Please enter the root/superuser password: 
 
Done.
 
Done.

This solved the hp plug-in issue, and scanning works.

Thanks for help.

Thanks, Malcolm. I had the same trouble with an HP LaserJet Pro MFP M127fn, and this solved it.

Thank you very much, Malcolm Lewis, for this advice.
I had a similar problem as the OP, in my case with the installation of my hp1102 laserjet printer: download of the plug-in did not succeed (with the same unhelpful error message).

So I followed your advice to install the plug-in and then used Yast to install the printer.
Two drivers were proposed, of which I selected the one that did NOT require the plug-in.
Seconds later the testpage printed correctly.
Great advice!

Thanks!
Solved my issue with HP LaserJet Pro MFP M130fn all-in-one. Couldn’t scan before that.

Going to 123.hp.com and get a new HPLIP solved a similar problem for me.

Jan Christian