On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 04:45:32PM +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 15:28:00 +0000
> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello Brian,
>
> >I can think of no other troubleshooting to do, although I suppose you
> >could backup /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp and replace it with the 3.19.12
> >one.
>
> Just tried that, and still nothing printed. Reverted the change.
Further confirmation that the hp backend plays some part in the lack of
printing.
> >This URI should give printing. Do
> {snipped for brevity}
> >(You will lose automatic scanner discovery with this URI).
>
> Is that a permanent loss, or until I log out and back in or reboot?
> Something else, perhaps?
Permanent. A URI will have to be supplied to simple-scan and xsane. For
your machine:
xsane hpaio:/net/Officejet_6700?ip=192.168.1.53
An alias for this could be used.
> I was going to add pointers for this thread to the bug report I created,
> but I see you're ahead of me. :-)
>
> Thank you again for your patience and tuition. I owe you a beer or
> three.
It takes two to tango. :)
--
Brian.
