HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question

[Jay Ridgley]

On 9/30/21 4:50 AM, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Hi Jay,
> 
> On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 23:28, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com 
> <mailto:jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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?
> 
> 
> Do you have the package hplip-gui installed?
YES it is installed (3.20+dfsg0-2)
> Could you provide the output of:
> apropos hp-

jay at polar:~$ apropos hp-
hp-align (1)         - Printer Cartridge Alignment Utility
hp-check (1)         - Dependency/Version Check Utility
hp-check-plugin (1)  - AutoConfig Utility for Plug-in Installation
hp-clean (1)         - Printer Printhead Cleaning Utility
hp-colorcal (1)      - Printer Cartridge Color Calibration Utility
hp-config_usb_printer (1) - HP device config using USB
hp-diagnose_queues (1) - AutoConfig Utility to check queues configuration
hp-devicesettings (1) - Device Setup Utility
hp-diagnose_plugin (1) - Diagnose Plugin Utility
hp-doctor (1)        - Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility
hp-fab (1)           - Fax Address Book
hp-faxsetup (1)      - Fax Device Setup Utility
hp-firmware (1)      - Firmware Download Utility
hp-info (1)          - Device Information Utility
hp-levels (1)        - Supply Levels Utility
hp-linefeedcal (1)   - Printer Line Feed Calibration Utility
hp-logcapture (1)    - HPLIP logs capture Utility
hp-makecopies (1)    - Make Copies Utility
hp-makeuri (1)       - Device URI Creation Utility
hp-pkservice (1)     - Policy Kit Service
hp-plugin (1)        - Plugin Download and Install Utility
hp-pqdiag (1)        - Print Quality Diagnostic Utility
hp-print (1)         - Print Utility
hp-printsettings (1) - Printer Settings Utility
hp-probe (1)         - Printer Discovery Utility
hp-query (1)         - Model Query Utility
hp-scan (1)          - Scan Utility
hp-sendfax (1)       - PC Sendfax Utility
hp-setup (1)         - Printer/Fax Setup Utility
hp-systray (1)       - System Tray Status Service
hp-testpage (1)      - Testpage Print Utility
hp-timedate (1)      - Time/Date Utility
hp-toolbox (1)       - HP Device Manager
hp-wificonfig (1)    - Wifi Configuration Utility
jay at polar:~$


> 
> The above command will list many of the HP command line tools that deal 
> with HP Printing and Imaging.
> 
> For more information, consider installing the hplip-doc package for the 
Did that

> documentation, the first page can be found here:-
> /usr/share/doc/hplip-doc/index.html
> 
> HTH,
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
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