i have an older laserjet AIO device, and there is an arcane process for setting up the device to work as a scanner. I had to use command line tools, installed, i believe, from the HPLIP website rather than from the debian or ubuntu package manager. Since I did it a few years ago, and have not had to do it again i don't recall the details, but it is definitely possible to get even older HP all in one devices working as both printer and scanner. fax, too, if you have a landline or t.38 capable provider and converter box.
it did take me a fairly substantial amount of web searching. i will look to see if i have some notes somewhere, but no promises. On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 5:10 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/25/19 4:33 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:05:10 -0800 > > Dick Steffens <[email protected]> dijo: > > > >> On 1/25/19 12:07 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > >>> I've just set up an HP Laserjet Pro M148dw on my home network. I can > >>> print from my Ubuntu MATE 18.04 machine, but I can't scan from it. > >> Still can't scan from any machine, Ubuntu or Slackware (XFCE), but I > >> did get printing working from Slackware, both laptop and desktop > >> machines. On each machine, I clicked on Applications > Settings > > >> Print Settings, told it to look for a network printer. It found my HP > >> M148dw, and happily installed it. I also printed a test page from each > >> machine. > > I don't recall that you said what software package you are using to > > scan. I have a networked (ethernet) Brother all-in-one that I > > occasionally use for scanning. I usually use Xsane but I also have > > Simple Scan installed. Both work. > > I usually use Xsane, too. When I run it or Simple Scan, the each report > that they can find no scanner. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
