The HP Envy 4500 need the hpcups driver and is supported starting with hplip 3.13.6 Ubuntu 12.10 has hplip 3.12.6 and furthermore Ubuntu 12.10 is end of life. So please upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04.1LTS or higher and your printer will work out of the box.
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1261846 Title: connected printer won't print Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: A new HP envy 4500 is connected and found by Ubuntu 12.10 in system settings. It will print a test page, but will not print from Libre Writer. The printer and scanner works in XP ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu11.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-44.67-generic 3.5.7.25 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-44-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Dec 17 09:25:32 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-06 (194 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) Lpstat: device for HP-ENVY-4500-series: usb://HP/ENVY%204500%20series?serial=CN38D2P07C05X4&interface=1 device for HP-ENVY-4500-series-2: usb://HP/ENVY%204500%20series?serial=CN38D2P07C05X4&interface=1 MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex GX280 MarkForUpload: True Papersize: letter PpdFiles: HP-ENVY-4500-series: HP Envy 110 Series hpijs, 3.12.6 HP-ENVY-4500-series-2: HP Envy 110 Series, hpcups 3.12.6 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-44-generic root=UUID=39ba4490-65ed-45c0-9291-6c04da17b4ca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/17/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0G5611 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd09/17/2004:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlexGX280:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G5611:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX280 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1261846/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp