HP Scanjet 3970

[thomas fisher]

On Friday 18 January 2008 06:32:32 S.. Gordon von Miller wrote:
> When I use Xsane, it won't recognize my printer, HP Deskjet which is
> already installed and works.  If it recognized my printer, I think it might
> work.

Xsane is only for scanning.
The Hp printer { printing function } is accessed through the print driver. 
Which driver depends upon the print language of the device.
I take it the command    lsusb  finds the device?

hope this helps
Tom