On Thu 30 Mar 2017 at 23:23:58 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > On 30/03/17 18:28, Brian wrote: > > > > 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.
A 63 character WPA key isn't, I believe, inherently less secure than a wired connection. > > 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. Avahi plays the same role on Debian as Bonjour. The command above should also work with ethernet. -- Brian. > Regards > > Peter HB >
