As a datapoint, before installing hplip-gui and using it to configure
the family wireless Officejet 4500, I was unable to use its scan
function. Skanlite would not find any scanner before using hplip to
configure it.
That being said, I don't know if the "average user" would know to use
hplip to fix that situation, and might give up earlier when skanlite
doesn't see it.
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08-15-2012, 03:49 AM
Steve Riley
Add hplip-gui to Kubunto ISO?
On 2012-08-14 22:17:53 Jonathan Thomas <echidnaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As a datapoint, before installing hplip-gui and using it to configure
> the family wireless Officejet 4500, I was unable to use its scan
> function. Skanlite would not find any scanner before using hplip to
> configure it.
>
> That being said, I don't know if the "average user" would know to use
> hplip to fix that situation, and might give up earlier when skanlite
> doesn't see it.
Interesting, I've just now been looking at Skanlite for the first time,
watching the traffic with tcpdump. When you start Skanlite, it sends:
* five probes to your subnet's broadcast address, destination port 8612/udp,
looking for something related to the Canon BubbleJet protocol
* one probe to network broadcast, destination port 3289, which appears to be
some Epson protocol
* one probe to network broadcast, destination port 1124, which Google tells me
has something to do with HP VM management but has a curiously scanner-ish
payload.
Here's the dump, minus the duplicated payloads from source ports 8610..8613
that match the one from port 8614:
I wonder if running hplip-gui enabled some function on your scanner to respond
to one of these probe packets? What do you see if you portscan your scanner?
...Steve
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08-15-2012, 08:32 AM
Ma Xiaojun
Add hplip-gui to Kubunto ISO?
The general question is, if the hardware vendor is not trying to
support us, what should we do?
One way is that we integrate many drivers, so most users would find
their hardware works out of the box.
Another way is that we provide better Docs/UI; so even average users
can make their hardware work independently.
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08-15-2012, 11:14 AM
Dale Trombley
Add hplip-gui to Kubunto ISO?
I've always touted kubuntu as being the better one
I have an hp wireless all in one, wireless scanning has never worked for me in kubuntu. I do have hplip-gui installed.
I fired up last nights daily build of ubuntu and wireless scanning works without any fidling.* When connecting the printer wirelessly it said downloading driver. As far as I could tell it installed hplip instead of hpcups.
Not a deal breaker for me but certainly could be for some.
Is there a way to have kubuntu download the better driver if it sees that the internet has been connected ala ubuntu?
On Aug 15, 2012 4:32 AM, "Ma Xiaojun" <damage3025@gmail.com> wrote:
The general question is, if the hardware vendor is not trying to
support us, what should we do?
One way is that we integrate many drivers, so most users would find
their hardware works out of the box.
Another way is that we provide better Docs/UI; so even average users
can make their hardware work independently.
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08-15-2012, 04:56 PM
Steve Riley
Add hplip-gui to Kubunto ISO?
On 2012-08-15 07:14:09 Dale Trombley wrote:
>
> I've always touted kubuntu as being the better one
>
> I have an hp wireless all in one, wireless scanning has never worked for me
> in kubuntu. I do have hplip-gui installed.
>
> I fired up last nights daily build of ubuntu and wireless scanning works
> without any fidling. When connecting the printer wirelessly it said
> downloading driver. As far as I could tell it installed hplip instead of
> hpcups.
>
> Not a deal breaker for me but certainly could be for some.
>
> Is there a way to have kubuntu download the better driver if it sees that
> the internet has been connected ala ubuntu?
Interestingly enough, we just had a brief thread about wireless scanning on
the forum. One of our members posted this:
Try comparing /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and /etc/sane.d/net.conf in both distros
and see if they differ. my installation I have to enable the "net" driver in
sane.d and add my server hostname (or ip) to net.conf.
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08-16-2012, 01:29 AM
Dale Trombley
Add hplip-gui to Kubunto ISO?
Ok, i compared the differences and posted them into the kubuntu forum thread, as far as i can tell there is no difference in those files, but for some reason wireless scanning works ootb for ubuntu, but not for kubuntu. *
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?59763-printer-config-kubuntu-vs-ubuntu
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Steve Riley <steve@rileyz.net> wrote:
On 2012-08-15 07:14:09 Dale Trombley wrote:
>
> I've always touted kubuntu as being the better one
>
> I have an hp wireless all in one, wireless scanning has never worked for me
> in kubuntu. I do have hplip-gui installed.
>
> I fired up last nights daily build of ubuntu and wireless scanning works
> without any fidling. *When connecting the printer wirelessly it said
> downloading driver. As far as I could tell it installed hplip instead of
> hpcups.
>
> Not a deal breaker for me but certainly could be for some.
>
> Is there a way to have kubuntu download the better driver if it sees that
> the internet has been connected ala ubuntu?
Interestingly enough, we just had a brief thread about wireless scanning on
the forum. One of our members posted this:
Try comparing /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and /etc/sane.d/net.conf in both distros
and see if they differ. my installation I have to enable the "net" driver in
sane.d and add my server hostname (or ip) to net.conf.
Discussion:
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?59763
...Steve
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