HP Scanjet 4400c not working, Debian Lenny
 

Hi All,

The scanner is detected, as scanimage -L gives:
device `hp_rts88xx:libusb:002:005' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 4400C flatbed scanner

but scanimage > /home/mike/o gives:
scanimage: open of device hp_rts88xx:libusb:002:005 failed: Device busy

hp-setup (from the HPLIP package) does not recognize the scanner as a USB device.

Would appreciate help in solving this.

Thanks,
Mike.

I have fallen afoul of this! You need to add yourself to the 'lp' group (if it doesn't already exist, you need to add it).

Thanks, Xavier, but it didn't solve my problem :(.

Cheers,
Mike.

Open up a terminal and run "hp-toolbox" minus the quotes. Do you get errors? I will say that it has a great missing package detection option (hp-setup -t from memory) and you may be missing a few things - I know I was!

If you run "groups" are you definitely in the lp group? Try adding yourself to the lpadmin group as well.

Thanks again for replying, Xavier. It's still not working (after adding myself to the lpadmin group).

hp-toolbox --help gives:
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.6)
HP Device Manager ver. 15.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard 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.


The HP Device Manager (aka "Toolbox") for HPLIP supported devices. Provides access to status, tools, and supplies levels.

Usage: hp-toolbox [OPTIONS]


[OPTIONS]
Use Qt4: --qt4 (Default)
Set the logging level: -l<level> or --logging=<level>
<level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)
Run in debug mode: -g (same as option: -ldebug)
This help information: -h or --help

Disable dbus (Qt3 only): -x or --disable-dbus

See Also:
hp-align
hp-clean
hp-colorcal
hp-devicesettings
hp-hp-faxsetup
hp-firmware
hp-info
hp-levels
hp-linefeedcal
hp-makecopies
hp-plugin
hp-pqdiag
hp-print
hp-printsettings
hp-scan
hp-sendfax
hp-testpage
hp-timedate
hp-unload

Which options do you suggest using?.

Cheers,
Mike.

Solved this by installing a recent Sane (1.0.20-5) with sane-rts8891 support.