On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 06:51:14PM -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 2/18/2012 6:43 PM, ny6p01@xxxxxxxxx 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 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
