HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question *** SOLVED***

[Brian]

On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 15:39:54 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> 
> On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 at 15:12, Brian <claremont102 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 14:49:04 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> >
> > That's OK, but take not of the adjective "modern". I hope you read
> > the Introduction on  the linked page given in the post you are replying
> > to.
> >
> 
> Do you mean this page? It looks very interesting:-
> [1] Sections 14, 15 and 16 at https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting

I do mean that page. You do not have a modern printer. It's HPLIP's
drivers and PPDs for you. Nothing wrong with that, it's your only
choice. But note - CUPS will cease to support drivers and PPDs in the
near futre.

Don't panic! Legacy printer users will be catered for in another way.
 
> As I tend to help other people use Linux, I'm interested to know about this
> sort of thing - even if I'm not using it personally.

A user with a modern printer is advised to use driverless printing.
Ubuntu 21.04 is designed to give a user with any vendor modern device
just that, automatically, over the network and on USB.

The days of drivers and PPDs are numbered.

-- 
Brian.