xsane problem -

[ny6p01 at gmail.com]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 06:51:14PM -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> On 2/18/2012 6:43 PM, ny6p01 at gmail.com wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Terry:
> 
> Thanks for reply. I fired off the command in a terminal, it put up a 
> gui, and I worked from there. All the output in the terminal was jsut 
> confirmation that it could find anything.
> 
> I don't see anything for man hp-setup. I do get some info with hp-setup 
> --help, so when I run with '-i', give a '1' for 
> Network/Ethernet/WIreless, it comes back with the same info "error: no 
> device selected/specified or that supports this functionality".
> 
> Your email came in during the middle of a yum update to my F16 box so I 
> can try it (and a few other tests on things that needed fixing). 
> Hopefully I get some new information.
> 
> For what it is worth, this is the first time I have set up a printer on 
> Linux and the first time I've setup a wireless-to-LAN, so there is a bit 
> of blind guiding the blind on my end
> 
> Paul

Paul, this may or may not help, but I think this site is really good as far
as setting up a USB scanner with xsane. It is a Gentoo site, but I think
most of it is applicable to Fedora as well. I can't help but think this
problem is solvable with some simple thing. Good luck!

http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Installing_USB_Scanner#Scanner_detection

Terry