HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question

[Jay Ridgley]

On 10/1/21 4:32 PM, Zahid Rahman wrote:
> I want to clarify that I have the printer working and the scanner 
> working on the Ubuntu PC but it is not via hplip software.
> 
> Hplip doesn't work.
> I  am using Ubuntu mate .
> 
> So using menu I use the Ubuntu add printer utility which does work. That 
> is after I setup on android phone and after I connect to WiFi using the 
> WPS method.
> 
> Also from the menu I use scan  and XSane which is also Ubuntu OS 
> scanning utility. That works for me.
> 
> The hplip is installed successfully
> but the device manager fails to find the printer.
> 
> I am sure the hp device manager is faulty.
> The closest the hp device manager comes is that it is saying a plug-in 
> is missing for this printer.  Unfortunately when I select the option to 
> download the plug-in it doesn't.
> If it did download and install the plug-in then I would be able to 
> install the printer and maybe even scanner through the hp device manager.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 1 Oct 2021, 13:50 Liam Proven, <lproven at gmail.com 
> <mailto:lproven at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 at 14:13, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
>     <mailto:jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>> wrote:
>      >
>      > I tried originally to do the wireless thing, however, the HP
>     Smart could
>      > not find the printer.
> 
>     What is "HP Smart"? Bear in mind I'm working blind here. I don't have
>     an HP printer and I haven't installed HPLIP on something in about 8-10
>     years.
> 
>      > Since I did not want a wireless install in the
>      > first place I plugged it in to the USB.
> 
>     Well, OK, but what I am getting at is that this means it is a _local_
>     device _to that PC_. This is not the same as being a network
>     printer/scanner.
> 
>     There is infrastructure in Linux and CUPS to share printers over a
>     LAN, but CUPS doesn't have anything to do with scanning and it can't
>     help you with sharing a scanner.
> 
>     Indeed, that I know of, _no_ OS has scanner-sharing facilities. Which
>     is why, if you want a scanner to be available to different devices on
>     a network, you might want to connect said scanner directly to the
>     network.
> 
> 
>      > At the current time the printer prints, simple-scan FINDS it,
>     however,
>      > when I press the SCAN button it crashes.
> 
>     Is this on the local machine to which it's connected, or on another
>     machine?
> 
>      > Since the device was not supported by HPLIP until version 3.20.5
>     I built
>      > and installed that.
> 
>     I just took a look at
>     https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip
>     <https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip>
> 
>     It seems that 3.20.5 is not current and the current version is 3.21.8.
>     I would always advocate going for the very latest version.
> 
>     For instance -- I'm not sure what version of Ubuntu you are running,
>     but if you are on the current releases (20.04 LTS or 21.04 short-term)
>     then 3.20 may be too old and might not support it, whereas I'd expect
>     HPLIP $CURRENT to support Ubuntu $CURRENT.
> 
>     So my 2 suggestions would be:
> 
>     [1] Use the latest HPLIP

That is a possibility, however, I am not quite ready to give up on this, 
yet. I had to much trouble getting here...

I will work on putting together a list to use to accomplish that task. 
Give me a few days... I will bounce it off you when I get it ready.

> 
>     [2] Try attaching the printer to the WLAN.
> 
>     And supplementary to that, as per Zahid's point:
> 
>     [3] If you have a smartphone, try setting up the HP tools on that as
>     well. Even if you don't want to use it from the phone this could give
>     useful info.
> 
Maybe I just don't stand how my smart phone works, however, I am still 
not able to connect my phone to the HP 6052e using the HP Smart app...

>     There are plenty of pages that will advise you how to install it.
>     First 3 on Google:
> 
>     https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/07/install-latest-hplip-ubuntu-20-04-fix/
>     <https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/07/install-latest-hplip-ubuntu-20-04-fix/>
> 
>     https://www.edoardovignati.it/how-to-install-hplip-on-ubuntu-20-04/
>     <https://www.edoardovignati.it/how-to-install-hplip-on-ubuntu-20-04/>
> 
>     https://www.devmanuals.net/install/ubuntu/ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa/installing-hplip-gui-on-ubuntu20-04.html
>     <https://www.devmanuals.net/install/ubuntu/ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa/installing-hplip-gui-on-ubuntu20-04.html>
> 
>     About the plugin:
> 
>     https://askubuntu.com/questions/1070470/how-should-i-install-hplip-binary-proprietary-plugin-driver-for-my-hp-printer-or/1070471#1070471
>     <https://askubuntu.com/questions/1070470/how-should-i-install-hplip-binary-proprietary-plugin-driver-for-my-hp-printer-or/1070471#1070471>

I will start working on these...

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Zahid reports he is using Mate isn't that a different distribution than 
Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS?

Cheers,
Jay

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