HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question

[Jay Ridgley]

On 9/30/21 1:30 AM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> On 9/29/21 5:43 PM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>> On 9/29/21 5:35 PM, Bob wrote:
>>> ** Reply to message from Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> on 
>>> Wed, 29 Sep
>>> 2021 17:26:11 -0500
>>>
>>>> Good evening,
>>>>
>>>> I have an HP ENVY 6052e printer installed via usb connection to my
>>>> network which is running Ubuntu 20.04-03 LTS. It works fine as a 
>>>> printer
>>>> form all my systems (all running the same release)
>>>>
>>>> When I try to use it as a scanner the software fails to find the 
>>>> printer...
>>>>
>>>> How can I add support for this printer and configuration?
>>>
>>> Have you installed HPLIP yet?
>>>
>>
>> hplip 3.20.3+dfsg0-2 and hplip-data 3.20.3+dfsg0-2 are both installed
>>>
>>>> ALL the docs I have found thus far are for wireless usage, which the HP
>>>> smart fails to find the printer as configured.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jay
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> I have done some more investigation and have discovered that lsusb shows
> among others:
> 
> Bus 002 Device 004 ID 03f0:3454 HP, Inc ENVY 6000 series
> 
> and sane-find-scanner shows among others:
> 
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x3454) at libusb:002:004
> 
> Yet simple-scan fails to find a scanner
> 
> Reports:
> 
> No scanners detected
> please check your scanner is connected and powered on
> 
> It is and I can print from it.
> 
> Ideas???
> 
I keep digging and keep finding more stuff (sorry)

It appears according to the Ubuntu Handbook (last updated June 14, 2020)
HPLIP 3.20.5 added new devices support among others for HP ENVY 6000 
series and provides instructions for installation. So I am going to do that.

More later ...

Cheers,
Jay



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