On 30/03/17 18:28, Brian wrote: > On Thu 30 Mar 2017 at 16:15:18 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >> On 29/03/17 18:27, Brian wrote: >>> >>> The changelog at backports has >>> >>> hplip (3.16.7+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium >>> >>> * New upstream release >>> - Support for new HP printers: >>> × Officejet Pro 8730 >>> >> Thanks again, Brian. Once I fiddled with the missing Python component(s) >> - by pure guesswork - I was able to print. Scanning is an issue for >> another day as xsane produces a thin strip of over-printed rubbish. I'll >> probably wait for Stretch before exploring further. > > The 8730 looks like a smart device but at 220+ GBP I'd want it working, > Now!
There's £50.00 cashback, I wouldn't willingly part with £220.00 either. > Are you using the USB port or is the device on the network? Either way, > all that is needed for printing is printer-driver-hpcups, unless you are > wedded to having all that hplip provides. You should be able to purge > hplip and whatever python packages it pulled in and printing should > still work. Perhaps best, though, to ignore me and leave things as they > are if you are happy with this situation. You are printing after all. I'm connected via Ethernet so all my computers can use the device. Call me old fashioned: I've been using Ethernet since the '80s and I trust the security of wires rather more than wireless. > Scanning? Set up the device wirelessly (it can be left connected by USB > for this, I think) and enable AirPrint/Bonjour from its EWS (embedded > web server): > > http://IP_of_the_8730 > > After that > > scanimage -L > > should pick up the scanner. xsane should offer it as choice if you there > is more than one scanner on the network. Or it should just detect the > OfficeJet and display. I thought that AirPrint/Bonjour was Apple related so I haven't investigated it to date. The printer has a nice facility of scanning to the front USB port, outputting PDF amongst other formats. It suits me for the time being. Regards Peter HB
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