Officejet don't work with Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
 

Hi all,
I've just bought and installed A Multifunction Printer HP Officejet J5780. I've successfully installed the printer but Sane doesn't recognize any scanner device. I've downloaded the autoinstaller suggested by hp HPLIP 2.8.2. I've expanded it as the manual suggests and the other steps. Ubuntu claims for some dependancies:
"error: A required dependency 'python-devel (python-devel - Python development files)' is still missing.
error: A required dependency 'cups-devel (cups-devel- Common Unix Printing System development files)' is still missing.
error: A required dependency 'libusb (libusb - USB library)' is still missing.
error: A required dependency 'libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library)' is still missing.
error: Installation cannot continue without these dependencies.
error: Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.
"
By using Synaptic I've installed libusb-0.1-4, libusb-dev, libjpeg*, phyton-dev, (cups-devel doesn't exist) phyton-cups, libcups2,libcupsys2,libgnomecups* (I'm using Gnome).
Then, ftom term I run again
sh hplip-2.8.2.run.
I choose the custom choice, not automatic, the installer detects my distro, ask me what kind of install i want, i answer m for multifunction. Again the installer don't find these dam'd dependancies. I've thought it depended on my sources.list. I report it...
SOURCES.LIST-------------------------------------------------------------
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.10 _Edgy Eft_ - Release i386 (20061025)]/ edgy main restricted
deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted multiverse universe
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted multiverse universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main restricted multiverse universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe
deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports restricted main multiverse universe
#
## French list
# deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted multiverse universe
# deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted multiverse universe
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the distribution.
# deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted multiverse universe
# deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted multiverse universe
#
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main
deb-src http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main
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In my view all repositories are active. Any help?

Enrico_dvchp

Most of the HP scanners that are part of an all in one are not recognized by model in Linux.

Just pick a generic HP scanner driver, install it, and it will work.