HP printer device manager not seeing HP printer

[Robert Moskowitz]

The hits on F30 keep coming.  I can't remember an install where I had so 
many things not work right.

Anyway.

I went through the standard Xfce printer setup and connected to my HP 
8600 over port 9100.  I have printed a number of items to this printer.

But I want to use the scanner, like I have set up on my old F28 system, 
so I have installed hplip-gui, xsane, and such and started hplip-gui.

It is telling me I have no HP printers installed.

I went through localhost:631 and installed the printer again.  It now 
shows there as well.

HPlip-gui still not seeing the printer.

What might I be missing here?

thanks

[Samuel Sieb]

On 6/26/19 4:21 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I went through the standard Xfce printer setup and connected to my HP 
> 8600 over port 9100.  I have printed a number of items to this printer.
>
> But I want to use the scanner, like I have set up on my old F28 system, 
> so I have installed hplip-gui, xsane, and such and started hplip-gui.
>
> It is telling me I have no HP printers installed.
>
> I went through localhost:631 and installed the printer again.  It now 
> shows there as well.
>
> HPlip-gui still not seeing the printer.
>
> What might I be missing here?

Try using "hp-setup" to add the printer to cups.  It probably has the 
wrong connection type for the HP tools to recognize it.

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 6/26/19 7:33 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 6/26/19 4:21 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > I went through the standard Xfce printer setup and connected to my HP 
> > 8600 over port 9100.  I have printed a number of items to this printer.
> >
> > But I want to use the scanner, like I have set up on my old F28 
> > system, so I have installed hplip-gui, xsane, and such and started 
> > hplip-gui.
> >
> > It is telling me I have no HP printers installed.
> >
> > I went through localhost:631 and installed the printer again. It now 
> > shows there as well.
> >
> > HPlip-gui still not seeing the printer.
> >
> > What might I be missing here?
>
> Try using "hp-setup" to add the printer to cups.  It probably has the 
> wrong connection type for the HP tools to recognize it.

Thanks it worked this time.  Probably when I did that via the setup 
printer dialog from hplip-gui, I mistype the fqdn (my printer is on a 
different subnet from my system).

step by step.

[Greg Woods]

I discovered the very hard way (wasting a couple of frustrating hours) that
it is virtually impossible to set up a newer HP printer without running
hp-setup first.

--Greg

[Terry Polzin]

That is about the only way, and when the s/w updates you sometimes have to
do it again and again.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 1:15 PM Greg Woods  wrote:
> I discovered the very hard way (wasting a couple of frustrating hours)
> that it is virtually impossible to set up a newer HP printer without
> running hp-setup first.
>
> --Greg
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[Ed Greshko]

On 6/27/19 7:21 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> went through the standard Xfce printer setup and connected to my HP
> 8600 over port 9100.  I have printed a number of items to this printer.
>
> But I want to use the scanner, like I have set up on my old F28 system,
> so I have installed hplip-gui, xsane, and such and started hplip-gui.
>
> It is telling me I have no HP printers installed.
>
> I went through localhost:631 and installed the printer again.  It now shows there as well.
>
> HPlip-gui still not seeing the printer.
>
> What might I be missing here?

FWIW, I've always had great success if I've installed HP printers using the "hp-setup"
utility.

Also, when it comes to network printers I have found it best to use "manual" as the
discovery method as the auto doesn't always work.

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 6/26/19 7:41 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 6/27/19 7:21 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > went through the standard Xfce printer setup and connected to my HP
> > 8600 over port 9100.  I have printed a number of items to this printer.
> >
> > But I want to use the scanner, like I have set up on my old F28 system,
> > so I have installed hplip-gui, xsane, and such and started hplip-gui.
> >
> > It is telling me I have no HP printers installed.
> >
> > I went through localhost:631 and installed the printer again.  It now shows there as well.
> >
> > HPlip-gui still not seeing the printer.
> >
> > What might I be missing here?
>
> FWIW, I've always had great success if I've installed HP printers using the "hp-setup"
> utility.
>
> Also, when it comes to network printers I have found it best to use "manual" as the
> discovery method as the auto doesn't always work.

Particularly when the printer is on a different subnet!