HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question

[Jay Ridgley]

On 9/30/21 5:43 AM, Zahid Rahman wrote:
> I have same printer.
> Bought it two weeks ago.
> I found that setting it up and configuring on the android first made it 
> far easier to install it on the PC running Ubuntu.
> 
> Having configured it on the android the hplip was then able to detect it 
> and install it otherwise  hplip couldn't find it until I configured the 
> printer  on my android phone first using the hp app.
> 
> 
> I haven't tried scanner yet. Will get back to you on that as soon as I can.
> 
> I suggest configure it on your phone with phone  connected to your local 
> network.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2021, 07:32 Jay Ridgley, <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com 
> <mailto:jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>> 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
>     <mailto: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???
> 
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Zahid,

I had no trouble installing the HP 6052e printer, it s working fine. 
Sa=canning is the problem I am trying to solve, I have an idea you may 
have the same problem when you try it.

Cheers,
Jay

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