hplip vs hpoj problem with hp 3055

[Eberhard Roloff]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:03 +0100
ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:35:58 +0200
> From: James Leifer <James.Leifer at inria.fr>
> Subject: hplip vs hpoj problem with hp 3055
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <877j10pi69.fsf at inria.fr>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have an HP 3055 all-in-one (printer, scanner, copier, fax)
> connected via USB to my laptop running Ubuntu Dapper.
> 
> With cups and hplip installed, printing works great under
> cups. However I can't get scanning to work.  According the
> sane pages, the hpaio driver should be compatible with this
> model, but when I run
> 
> $ sudo scanimage -L
> 
> I get no scanners.  On the other hand, apparently something is
> there:
> 
> $ sudo sane-find-scanner
> 
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard],
> product=0x3417 [HP LaserJet 3055]) at libusb:004:005
> 
> I *am* able to scan if I install hpoj, in which case the
> scanner is recognised as hpoj:mlc:usb:HP_LaserJet_3055, but
> then I can't get cups to work.
> 
> Ideally, hplip would work for printing *and* scanning. Help!

In fact, it does. take a look here:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/combined.html ;-))

Then simply follow the very good Ubuntu tutorial on this very
page

I think you will have a fair chance to make it working

kind regards
Eberhard