xsane problem -

[ny6p01 at gmail.com]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 07:48:08PM -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> On 2/17/2012 7:18 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
> >
> >
> > Try installing the 'hplip' and 'hplip-gui' packages, then run the 
> > `hp-setup` utility.
> >
> > I recently set up an HP combination scanner/printer, and while CUPS 
> > picked up the printer the second I plugged it in, the scanner needed 
> > that to work.
> >
> > HTH.
> > -T.C.
> >
> 
> T.C:
> 
> I had a similar issue in which the printer was picked up by CUPS and I 
> can print without problem, but I am not able to scan. I do know that I 
> had an old scanner working without problem.
> 
> I saw this email and went "worth a shot". Yum installed your suggestion, 
> ran hp-setup, and it can't see any printer. If I go under 
> admin->printer, it shows there and things are still working.
> 
> Testing on my F14 before migrating to F16. Maybe its an EOL issue?
> 
> I wanted to ask if I am missing anything obvious before I go down that 
> path (as it involves walking up and down stairs as the F16 is on one 
> floor and the printer on another).
> 
> Its an HP 7510 connected wireless into my Linksys router as DHCP. My F14 
> and XP box are static IPs connected into same router. Initial setup done 
> on XP and everything working there. Nothing worked on F14 until I 
> installed system-config-printer cups hpijs, and then printing worked 
> after a simple set-up. Scanning did not.
> 
> If it makes any difference, the Linksys is wired into the Verizon router 
> which is the connect to outside world ... so all connectivity is under 
> my control and I don't have to muck with Verizon's hardware/software.
> 
> Another reason to avoid doing F16 is that it is a static IP connected 
> into a different router which is attached to a WAP which is wireless 
> into the main router which the printer, XP, and FC14. Just one more 
> "extra thing" that I'd rather tackle once the simplier setup is working.
> 
> When I run hp-setup, it doesn't see any printer/device no matter which 
> of the four options I pick
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul

Have you run the command from the cli, and has it spit anything interesting
back?

Terry