OT: HP drivers

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 7:38 AM Brian <claremont102 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat 10 Sep 2022 at 14:34:46 -0700, MR ZenWiz wrote:
:
>
> > My Officejet scanner is working moderately well but it has some really
> > wonky problems.
>
> Please enlighten us and give 'scanimage -L'.
>
$ scanimage -L
device `hpaio:/usb/OfficeJet_4650_series?serial=TH7B64F03Z0662' is a
Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet_4650_series all-in-one
$

The wonky problem is that every so often, randomly every 2nd, 3rd, 4th
or 5th page, the scanner stops part way through the page and takes up
to 5 minutes to can a page. Most of the scans go through in a few
seconds. This happens regardless of the scan resolution (I usually use
300dpi but occasionally 150dpi for high contrast text-only docs) and
regardless of the complexity of the scanned page - with or without
graphics, with or without fine print or any combination thereof.

I tried installing hplip 3.22.6 and got this for the command line
install (GUI also fails same way, just not as volubly):

$ hp-setup -ia

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.22.6)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.


--------------------------------
| SELECT CONNECTION (I/O) TYPE |
--------------------------------

  Num       Connection  Description
            Type
  --------  ----------
----------------------------------------------------------
  0*        usb         Universal Serial Bus (USB)
  1         net         Network/Ethernet/Wireless (direct connection
or JetDirect)

Enter number 0...1 for connection type (q=quit, enter=usb*) ?

Using connection type: usb


Setting up device: hp:/usb/OfficeJet_4650_series?serial=TH7B64F03Z0662


Segmentation fault (core dumped)
$

I have reported this on UbuntuOne as suggested by the web page Peter
linked to on another conversation in this thread, so I hope to get
something from them.

I was also hoping this helps Brian and anyone else familiar with hplip
and HP all-in-ones in general, the OfficeJet 4654 in particular.

Thanks to all.

Mark