HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question

Ian Bruntlett ian.bruntlett at gmail.com
Thu Sep 30 15:45:58 UTC 2021


Hi Jay,

On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 13:15, Jay Ridgley <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?
>

My advice is only relevant when used on a computer with the printer/scanner
attached directly to a USB port.

In the past I have used the hp-doctor command to get printer/scanning
working.

Consider running the hp-scan to scan a page in (in a terminal) because you
may get some helpful messages.

HTH,


Ian


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