[aklug] Re: Multi-OS scanner/printer

Gotta say it...top posting on an archived technical support list is a
pain..these threads should be readable in the future by someone finding it
for the first time, first the problem, then the solution.

-- 
Peace,
Greg
On Monday 12 January 2015 6:25:27 am you wrote:
> Tim,
>  To wrap it all up, I checked my settings here at work. Turns out you
> wont need to edit the backends if you have the latest and greatest
> HPLIP. I thought I had edited mine, but that must have been for the
> cannon printer we had before the HP 8600. I thought it was an 8500, but
> it is an 8600. If you install the printer through CUPS, it will not
> work as a scanner until you run hp-setup from the command line.
>
> Install instructions are here:
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/distros/debian.html
>
> We got an HP 8600 all in wonder and I use my work laptop over the
> wireless network to scan from it. One side note, after you install HPLIP,
> then run hp-setup as a non-root user. If you run as root, it will tell you
> you shouldn't and may not detect anything.
>
> $ hp-setup -i
>
>  Then, you can choose the second option (which is option 1) for
> network setup, and just follow the script. If you installed per above
> instructions, xsane will automatically detect it over the network when
> you start xsane.
>  If it doesn't, check the /etc/default/saned file and make sure
>
> RUN=yes
>
>  then, restart your saned service.
>
>  So, the long way around answering your question is: Greg is right, HP
> has great Linux support. Debian and Ubuntu are very similar, so the
> above instructions for installation should work great, but you can
> check with your distro.
>  Although, you probably already knew all that, and just wanted to know
> what we thought of the printer. :)
> Hope that helps, and I'll try to work on making shorter posts....
>
> On 1/11/15, Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net> wrote:
> > On Sunday 11 January 2015 6:35:47 pm you wrote:
> >> Tim,
> >>  At work I use an HP8500 to scan and print over the network. Greg is
> >> correct, you are making a wise choice to stick with HP, their support
> >> is great for Linux machines.
> >>  If you use the HPLIP tool:
> >>
> >> # hp-setup -i
> >>
> >>  You can choose option 2 for a network printer, and then set it up for
> >> printing and scanning.
> >>  Fortunately, once you do this, you do not need a USB cable to scan,
> >> as you can set xsane to scan over the network by editing this file:
> >>
> >> # nano /etc/sane.d/pixma.conf
> >>
> >> You can look up the backend that you need, I'll check when I get to
> >> work tomorrow for which one I use, as HP 8500's are not "supported"
> >> backends, but still work just fine. Essentially, you punch in a
> >> backend://ipaddress:portnumber for your scanner and then save the
> >> file. Reboot the computer (or restart the sane service) and you can
> >> scan over the network to a standalone all-in-wonder hp scanner/printer
> >> with xsane. Works like a champ at my work, using Debian Wheezy.
> >> -Weston
> >
> > Cool, I will try this next time I am at the site.
> >
> > Love the AKLUGer's, tried google, briefly, it gave me the wrong impession
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peace,
> >
> > Greg
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