simple scan

[Brian]

On Sat 11 Apr 2020 at 14:40:23 +0100, Peter Flynn wrote:

> On 10/04/2020, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
> > I think you will find the *printer* works wirelessly but the scanner
> > does not.
> 
> I would be surprised, given that I have a similar HP device which scans and
> prints wirelessly without any problems.

I expressed my surprise in a different way. It would be nice to have
some ackowledgement of the case of mistaken identity that took place
soon afterwards.

> It is not identical, of course, but I would be very surprised that a HP MFP
> would print wirelessly but not scan — so long as you install HPLIP and
> XSane.

The hplip package does not have to be installed for scanning to take
place. The libsane-hpaio package is sufficient for legacy HP MFDs.
> 
> > This is turning into a FAQ.
> 
> Yes, perhaps time to stop.

FAQ? This was probably a misspelling of MISINFORMATION.
> 
> > I don't know for sure but I don't think your device will or can scan
> > wirelessly. You will need to connect it directly to the PC for that.
> > Changing scanner programs will not help.
> 
> Changing the device drivers may, however; and different scanner programs may
> use different drivers.

I assume by "scanner program" you mean programs like Xsane. Such
utilities do not provide any scanner drivers.

-- 
Brian.