diff -up hplip-3.18.12/Makefile.am.libimageprocessor-removal hplip-3.18.12/Makefile.am
--- hplip-3.18.12/Makefile.am.libimageprocessor-removal	2019-01-08 12:51:08.629447883 +0100
+++ hplip-3.18.12/Makefile.am	2019-01-08 12:51:08.710447208 +0100
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ if !HPLIP_CLASS_DRIVER
 dist_hplip_SCRIPTS = hpssd.py __init__.py hpdio.py
 endif #HPLIP_CLASS_DRIVER
 
-dist_noinst_DATA += prnt/drv/hpijs.drv.in.template prnt/drv/hpcups.drv.in.template prnt/hpcups/libImageProcessor-x86_64.so prnt/hpcups/libImageProcessor-x86_32.so
+dist_noinst_DATA += prnt/drv/hpijs.drv.in.template prnt/drv/hpcups.drv.in.template
 dist_noinst_SCRIPTS += dat2drv.py install.py  hplip-install init-suse-firewall init-iptables-firewall class_rpm_build.sh hplipclassdriver.spec createPPD.sh Makefile_dat2drv hpijs-drv
 
 if !HPLIP_CLASS_DRIVER
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ hpcups_SOURCES = prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilte
 	prnt/hpcups/ImageProcessor.h
 
 hpcups_CXXFLAGS = $(APDK_ENDIAN_FLAG) $(DBUS_CFLAGS)
-hpcups_LDADD = -L./prnt/hpcups/ -ljpeg -ldl -lImageProcessor -lcups -lcupsimage -lz $(DBUS_LIBS)
+hpcups_LDADD = -L./prnt/hpcups/ -ljpeg -ldl -lcups -lcupsimage -lz $(DBUS_LIBS)
 #else
 #hpcupsdir = $(cupsfilterdir)
 #hpcups_PROGRAMS = hpcups
@@ -684,16 +684,6 @@ endif #HPLIP_CLASS_DRIVER
 
 install-data-hook:
 if HPLIP_BUILD
-	if [ \( "$(UNAME)" = "x86_64" -a  -d "$(libdir)/" \) ]; then \
-		cp prnt/hpcups/libImageProcessor-x86_64.so $(libdir)/ ; \
-		chmod 775 $(libdir)/libImageProcessor-x86_64.so ; \
-		ln -sf $(libdir)/libImageProcessor-x86_64.so $(libdir)/libImageProcessor.so ; \
-	fi; \
-	if [ \( \( "$(UNAME)" = "i686" -o "$(UNAME)" = "i386" \) -a -d "$(libdir)/" \) ]; then \
-		cp prnt/hpcups/libImageProcessor-x86_32.so $(libdir)/ ; \
-		chmod 775 $(libdir)/libImageProcessor-x86_32.so ; \
-		ln -sf $(libdir)/libImageProcessor-x86_32.so $(libdir)/libImageProcessor.so ; \
-	fi
 if !HPLIP_CLASS_DRIVER
 #	   If scanner build, add hpaio entry to sane dll.conf.
 	if [ "$(scan_build)" = "yes" ]; then \
diff -up hplip-3.18.12/prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp.libimageprocessor-removal hplip-3.18.12/prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp
--- hplip-3.18.12/prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp.libimageprocessor-removal	2019-01-08 12:51:08.619447966 +0100
+++ hplip-3.18.12/prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp	2019-01-08 12:52:39.321686854 +0100
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 \*****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "HPCupsFilter.h"
-#include "ImageProcessor.h"
 
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -645,16 +644,10 @@ int HPCupsFilter::processRasterData(cups
 
 
     snprintf(hpPreProcessedRasterFile, sizeof (hpPreProcessedRasterFile), "%s/hp_%s_cups_SwapedPagesXXXXXX",CUPS_TMP_DIR, m_JA.user_name);
-    image_processor_t* imageProcessor = imageProcessorCreate();
 
     while (cupsRasterReadHeader2(cups_raster, &cups_header))
     {
 
-        IMAGE_PROCESSOR_ERROR result = imageProcessorStartPage(imageProcessor, &cups_header);
-        if (result != IPE_SUCCESS){
-            dbglog("DEBUG: imageProcessorStartPage failed result = %d\n", result);
-        }
-
         current_page_number++;
 
         if (current_page_number == 1) {
@@ -753,12 +746,6 @@ int HPCupsFilter::processRasterData(cups
             color_raster = rgbRaster;
             black_raster = kRaster;
 
-            result = imageProcessorProcessLine(imageProcessor, m_pPrinterBuffer, cups_header.cupsBytesPerLine);
-            if (result != IPE_SUCCESS){
-                dbglog("DEBUG: imageProcessorProcessLine failed result = %d\n", result);
-            }
-
-
             if ((y == 0) && !is_ljmono) {
                 //For ljmono, make sure that first line is not a blankRaster line.Otherwise printer
                 //may not skip blank lines before actual data
@@ -788,12 +775,6 @@ int HPCupsFilter::processRasterData(cups
             }
         }  // for() loop end
 
-        result = imageProcessorEndPage(imageProcessor);
-        if (result != IPE_SUCCESS){
-                dbglog("DEBUG: imageProcessorEndPage failed result = %d\n", result);
-        }
-
-
         m_Job.NewPage();
         if (err != NO_ERROR) {
             break;
@@ -808,8 +789,6 @@ int HPCupsFilter::processRasterData(cups
         rgbRaster = NULL;
     }
 
-    imageProcessorDestroy(imageProcessor);
-
     unlink(hpPreProcessedRasterFile);
     return ret_status;
 }