hplip-1.7.1 won't install.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-20-2007, 12:14 AM

And it's using the hplip drivers or you can't get those to work ?

cwizardone · 05-20-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

And it's using the hplip drivers or you can't get those to work ?

hplip drivers don't work. The hp-setup doesn't even see any hp devices installed.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-20-2007, 08:43 PM

hp-setup is messed up, I wouldn't use that. It told me that many times. Did you try doing what I posted eariler:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...02#post2645802

cwizardone · 05-20-2007, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

hp-setup is messed up, I wouldn't use that. It told me that many times. Did you try doing what I posted eariler:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...02#post2645802

Yes, many times. Step by step.
The printer works, it is the scanner I want to use with HP's own drivers.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-20-2007, 09:34 PM

So, it just won't recognize it ? At what step do things not work ? When the computer boots there should be two hplip services that startup, each one should give '[ Ok ]' status. Do they ?

cwizardone · 05-21-2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

So, it just won't recognize it ? At what step do things not work ? When the computer boots there should be two hplip services that startup, each one should give '[ Ok ]' status. Do they ?

If you mean hpiod and hpssd, yes the both report "ok" on boot up.
Not sure what you mean by things not work?
Xsane works, the printer works, but neither are recognized by hp-setup. I would like to use HPs software to run the scanner, not Xsane, as Xsane doesn't do a very good job and it does it very slow. I would hate to think that everytime I want a scan to look like what was scanned, I have to boot to XP to do it. I must be missing something somewhere?
Thanks.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-21-2007, 12:19 AM

So if you run through and setup CUPS here:
http://localhost:631/

What exactly do you select there ? How is the printer hooked up ? Is it USB ? Just tell me what you do, so maybe I can try to see if you're doing something wrong. I mean by the look of it, hplip has been installed correctly ... so I'm betting CUPS is not configured right.

cwizardone · 05-21-2007, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

So if you run through and setup CUPS here:
http://localhost:631/
What exactly do you select there ? How is the printer hooked up ? Is it USB ? Just tell me what you do, so maybe I can try to see if you're doing something wrong. I mean by the look of it, hplip has been installed correctly ... so I'm betting CUPS is not configured right.

It is set up there as what it is, a HPDeskJet 940c on a lp0.
I'm getting confused here. While hp-setup does not see any hp devices attached, the printer works. KDE actually did the setup in CUPS, but I checked it by going to http://localhost:631, where it says, "Description: HP DeskJet 940C hpijs
Location: /dev/lp0"
So, what do I have to do, to get the scanner to work using the hp software?
Many Thanks. You have been very patient and it is appreciated.
Thx.

simcox1 · 05-21-2007, 03:44 AM

According to the hplip website, your printer is just a standalone printer. It doesn't do scanning. So what device are you trying to scan with?

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-21-2007, 11:13 AM

ROFL ! I didn't notice that before. Maybe I should have checked. How do you make a printer scan, when it can't

?

Alien_Hominid · 05-21-2007, 11:32 AM

I have understood that cwizardone has an hp scanner too. Read some posts before about pink pages.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-21-2007, 11:51 AM

If that is so, please say what scanner you have ... not what printer (especially if the printer cannot scan).

cwizardone · 05-21-2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

If that is so, please say what scanner you have ... not what printer (especially if the printer cannot scan).

Never seen a printer than could scan, unless it is one of those "all-in-one" office products.

An idea I've never liked by the way. One part breaks down and your out the entire unit while it being repaired.
I have two separate items, a HP Deskjet 940c printer and a HP Scanner 3570c.
Thanks.

simcox1 · 05-21-2007, 12:14 PM

Here is the man page for the driver you require. The driver comes with the sane package that is part of slack 11.0, which you should already have installed. Hope this may help:

http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-hp3500.5.html

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-21-2007, 12:24 PM

I see, well check here:
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html

The backend to use is:
http://projects.troy.rollo.name/rt-scanners/

But it is "The backend has been included in the SANE backends package since version 1.0.18." So if you have this latest version, then it should work. It's status is rated as 'good' but not 'complete'.

Also, you may think about trying the cvs version of SANE ...
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html

Although its status is still 'good', it has version 1.1 of that backend as opposed to 1.0. Who knows, it way work faster ... maybe not.