Hi Maurice, For some reason, I was missing `/usr/local/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat`, and removing and adding back hplip-common restored it.
Thanks a lot for the script. I can get rid of scan frontends now. Best, Salil On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 12:38 PM Maurice McCarthy <mansel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use scanimage rather than simple-scan but there the hpaio phrase > must be in quotes. > > In ~/.kshrc I have a function which works fine > > scan() { > if [[ "$1" = "" ]] ; \ > then echo "Please enter a file number" ; return 1; \ > fi ; \ > > /usr/local/bin/scanimage -v -p \ > --device='hpaio:/net/Deskjet_2540_series?ip=192.168.1.132' \ > --format jpeg -x 210 -y 297 --resolution=300 --mode=color \ > >$1.jpg > } > > Best >