Steve wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:57:16 +0100, Keith Powell > <ke...@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk> wrote: > >> Has anyone got an HP B109a Photosmart printer/scanner which they have >> managed to get fully working in Ubuntu? If so, please would you give me >> some help? >> >> Very briefly, I bought it some weeks ago, but have had very mixed >> fortunes with it in Linux. I have tried to get it working in several >> distros. >> >> Ubuntu 9.10: I can manually set it up and get it to print, but not to >> scan and, when I click on the HP Toolbox, it tells me that there is no >> printer found. Trying to set it up from the HP Toolbox, is a failure. >> >> > On a different model, installing hplip-gui got the scanning to work. It > drags in xsane. > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html is also worth having a > look round.
Hello Steve. Thanks for your reply. I have installed hplip-gui, but scanning still doesn't work, neither does the toolbox. I will try the HPLIP script again and do battle with the 7 or 8 unresolved dependancies which it needs! Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
