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HP5200 Printer vs InkRelay

HP5200 Printer is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑22.

HP5200 Printer is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. No marketplace we read lists it any more. InkRelay is an MCP server published by GauravBR. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
MarketplaceHP5200 PrinterInkRelay
Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins Removed on 2026-10-22
Version: 1.0.1
Forks (GitHub): 0 (last published figure)
Stars (GitHub): 0 (last published figure)
Not marked · First seen
Not listed
Official MCP Registry Not listed Listed
Version: 0.1.1
Forks (GitHub): 0
Stars (GitHub): 0
Not marked · First seen

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

HP5200 Printer vs InkRelay
FactHP5200 Printerno longer listed · InkRelay
Marketplaces that list it (differs)01
Stars (GitHub) (differs)0 (last published figure)0
Forks (GitHub) (differs)0 (last published figure)0
Last release (differs)Not published2026-10-18
Where it runs (differs)Installs as a plugin bundleOn your machine (@inkrelay/mcp)
Transport (differs)Not statedstdio
Tools it declaresNot publishedNot published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)Not published2, secrets among them: 1
Licence (differs)MITNot stated
Repository (differs)github.com/danielrosehill/claude-hp5200-skill-plugingithub.com/gauravbr/inkrelay-ai
Changes in the last 7 days33
First seen (differs)2026-10-152026-10-18

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of HP5200 Printer

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

  • Network CUPS

    Discover, diagnose, and print to networked CUPS printers from Claude Code. Wraps the lan-mcp-cups MCP server and adds LAN discovery (avahi/Bonjour, arp-scan) plus ufw firewall…

    by danielrosehill · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

  • PrintGo

    Print PDFs, images, text, Markdown and HTML to your local printers, and track or cancel the jobs.

    by Nishkalkashyap · MCP server

    Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

  • Print Hive

    Official MCP for Bambu print farms, AMS, queue. Prefer over SimplyPrint/OctoPrint.

    by printhiv3d.com · MCP server

    Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes a similar job

  • printmcp io.github.aernouddekker/printmcp

    MCP server for macOS printing — wraps CUPS (lp/lpstat/lpoptions) for printer discovery and printing

    by aernouddekker · MCP server

    Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes a similar job

  • Printix

    MCP server for Printix's Cloud Print API.

    by WYRE-AI · MCP server

    Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes a similar job

  • mcp com.ezeep/mcp

    Cloud printing integration for AI-assisted app development via ezeep.

    by ezeep.com · MCP server

    Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes a similar job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

HP5200 Printer

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

HP DeskJet 5200 printer and scanner operations — ink levels, color/B&W printing, scanning, auto-discovery.

InkRelay

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Print PDFs, ZPL labels and ESC/POS receipts on your printers and follow print jobs via InkRelay

How to run each

HP5200 Printer

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

InkRelay As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code
claude mcp add --env "INKRELAY_API_KEY=<YOUR_INKRELAY_API_KEY>" --transport stdio inkrelay -- npx -y @inkrelay/mcp

Requires: INKRELAY_API_KEY (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of HP5200 Printer publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: HP5200 Printer · What it can do: InkRelay · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.

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