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[Ric Moore]

On 02/16/2013 05:34 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 16 February 2013 17:05:31 Ric Moore did opine:
>
>> On 02/16/2013 05:47 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> On 16/02/13 19:32, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> On 02/15/2013 11:56 AM, Conny Enstr�m wrote:
>>>>> 2013-02-15 17:23, Abhishek Dixit skrev:
>>>>>> I have a new scanner lsusb shows
>>>>>> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 03f0:042a Hewlett-Packard
>>>>>> when I try to scan with simple scan I am unable to scan, it says
>>>>>> "Failed to scan
>>>>>> unable to connect to scanner"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what should I check
>>>>>> -------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Abhi
>>>>>
>>>>> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html
>>>>
>>>> If the OP installed the HP utils, it should work. Just as it does
>>>> with HP All-In-One printers that scan. Never had a problem scanning.
>>>> Ric
>>>
>>> The only thing to watch out for here - if my memory serves me
>>> correctly - is the sequence of when to actually connect the scanner
>>> to the USB port: is it AFTER installing the HP utils or BEFORE the
>>> utils? I think that the utils go in first and then you connect the
>>> scanner to the USB port.
>>
>> I think I recall the printer/scanner had to be connected at boot time. I
>> dunno... but I did have to have all the HP packages I could find
>> installed. Then it was painless to use.
>>
>> I'm jerked at HP as I spent a small fortune in ink and one day it just
>> started printing garbage. I had barely a year of use out of it. After
>> raising hell with HP, they had the Director of Tech Support tell me that
>> I should have bought a more expensive printer if I expected it to last
>> more than a year.
>>
>> It's not often I am struck speechless. That day my mouth was stuck at
>> wide open, and drooling, until I started to attract flies. I will never
>> again buy anything from HP. Never ever. So, to get even, I found a big
>> ole Lexmark B/W laser printer used, for $50, with a 250 sheet paper tray
>> feeder/drawer like they use in doctor's offices. Perfect. Ric
>
> IF you think thats a real deal Ric, wait till you have to deal with
> lexmark.  Never, ever, mention linux when talking to them, the conversation
> is over, the bastards will say we don't support linux and hang up.  And
> they own a lot of brands besides lexmark. Memorex and Plustek comne to
> mind, and they've burned me bad on both.  And they'll have lawyers on site
> in 3 days if you break the fins off a cheaper toner cart so you can use the
> otherwise identical toner but 1/3rd the cost toner tank in the high priced
> model.

I plugged it in, turned it on, it works. I signed nothing with them, so 
they can pound sand no matter what I do to it. I'm AM proud that Linux 
has evolved to actual plug and play. Ubuntu works for me! Ric


-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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