On 9/17/23 16:35, Dick Steffens wrote:
I have an issue with my HP printer. Xsane will start, but fails when I
try to Acquire preview. I get the error message
Failed to start scanner: Invalid argument.
It's not at all clear to me what argument is invalid. Is there some
way to find this out?
One of the things I missed during my install of Xubuntu 22.04 was to
install the HPLIP software. I did that this morning, though it was not
as simple as most things I install. I finally found a page with steps
that worked:
https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-hplip-on-ubuntu-linux/
I can run HPLIP Toolbox and scan with that.
When I run XSane, I am presented with three scanner options:
(*) HP LaserJet Pro M14 Platen,adf scanner [escl:httpe://192.168.109:443]
( ) Hewlett-Pac HP_LaserJet_Pro_all-in-one
[hpaio:/net/HP_LaserJet_Pro_M148-149?ip=192.168.0.109]
( ) eSCL HP LaserJet Pro ip=192.168.0.109 [airscan0:HP LaserJet Pro
M148dw(F44804)]
Going with the default starts up XSane, but returns the Invalid argument
error message when I try to scan something.
Selecting the second choice works. I haven't tried the third choice. I
have no idea what eSCL is.
Scanning works, but after the scan There is an error message that says:
Failed to start scanner: Error during device I/O
But the scan was successful, and I was able to save the scan to a PDF,
so I'm mostly happy.
Any ideas why I got that error message?
Thanks.
Oddly, I just started up XSane again to verify some of what I typed
above. Now the first entry is no longer there, and what was the second
entry is the default. Weird, but I can live with that.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
