On a recent install of 18.04 LTS, I am able to print to my HP printer on the network without any manual config required, however Simple Scan cannot detect it, and I see the following in syslog when I run simple-scan:
tail -f /var/log/syslog
Mar 22 08:00:24 hummer simple-scan: io/hpmud/model.c 532: no icejet_pro_8600 attributes found in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
Mar 22 08:00:24 hummer simple-scan: io/hpmud/model.c 543: no icejet_pro_8600 attributes found in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/unreleased/unreleased.dat
Mar 22 08:00:30 hummer simple-scan: io/hpmud/model.c 532: no icejet_pro_8600 attributes found in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
Mar 22 08:00:30 hummer simple-scan: io/hpmud/model.c 543: no icejet_pro_8600 attributes found in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/unreleased/unreleased.dat
I checked the HPLIP supported devices page for my printer and found what I think/hope must be my printer in the list of supported devices, though I'm not sure about the "E-aio n911g" part.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 Plus E-aio n911g
hplip seems to be installed:
:~$ dpkg -l | grep hplip
ii hplip 3.17.10+repack0-5 amd64 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
ii hplip-data 3.17.10+repack0-5 all HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
ii hplip 3.17.10+repack0-5 amd64 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
ii hplip-data 3.17.10+repack0-5 all HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
But, when I run hp-check (as suggested by the hplip troubleshooting section for scanners), it generates a list of errors and missing dependencies, leaving me rather confused. Apologies for the following large cut and paste from the output of hp-check.
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| General Dependencies |
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error: libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - MISSING 'libjpeg needs to be installed'
error: cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - - MISSING 'cups-devel needs to be installed'
error: cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - - MISSING 'cups-image needs to be installed'
libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - b'2.27' OK -
error: libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 MISSING 'libusb needs to be installed'
sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK -
error: sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - MISSING 'sane-devel needs to be installed'
error: libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 - MISSING 'libnetsnmp-devel needs to be installed'
error: libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.1.0 MISSING 'libcrypto needs to be installed'
python3X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.6.7 OK -
error: python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - MISSING 'python3-notify2 needs to be installed'
error: python3-pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 OPTIONAL 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4-dbus needs to be installed'
error: python3-pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4 needs to be installed'
python3-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.6 OK -
python3-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.2.5 OK -
error: python3-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.6.7 MISSING 'python3-devel needs to be installed'
python3-pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK -
python3-reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.4.0 OK -
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| COMPILEDEP |
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error: libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - - MISSING 'libtool needs to be installed'
error: gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - - MISSING 'gcc needs to be installed'
error: make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 - MISSING 'make needs to be installed'
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| Python Extentions |
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cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK -
hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK -
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| Scan Configuration |
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'/etc/sane.d/dll.d/hpaio' not found.
hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.17.10 OK -
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| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
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No Scanner found.
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| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
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No devices found.
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| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
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| PERMISSION |
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| SUMMARY |
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Missing Required Dependencies
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error: 'libcups2' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libdbus-1-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libjpeg-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libcups2-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'cups-bsd' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'cups-client' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libcupsimage2-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libusb-1.0.0-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libsane-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libsnmp-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'snmp-mibs-downloader' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'openssl' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'python3-pyqt4' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'gtk2-engines-pixbuf' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'python3-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libtool' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libtool-bin' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'build-essential' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'build-essential' package is missing/incompatible
Missing Optional Dependencies
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error: 'gtk2-engines-pixbuf' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'xsane' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'python3-notify2' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'python3-dbus.mainloop.qt' package is missing/incompatible
Total Errors: 17
Total Warnings: 0
So, that's all rather confusing to me and before I start downloading and installing stuff from HP to try to fix this I wanted to check if I'm on the right track here. I'd prefer an Ubuntu solution out of the normal repositories if can be done. Thanks for any help.
