On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:11:14 +0100, Keith Powell <ke...@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk> wrote:
> Steve wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:57:16 +0100, Keith Powell >> <ke...@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone got an HP B109a Photosmart printer/scanner which they have >>> managed to get fully working in Ubuntu? If so, please would you give me >>> some help? >>> >>> Very briefly, I bought it some weeks ago, but have had very mixed >>> fortunes with it in Linux. I have tried to get it working in several >>> distros. >>> >>> Ubuntu 9.10: I can manually set it up and get it to print, but not to >>> scan and, when I click on the HP Toolbox, it tells me that there is no >>> printer found. Trying to set it up from the HP Toolbox, is a failure. >>> >>> >> On a different model, installing hplip-gui got the scanning to work. It >> drags in xsane. >> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html is also worth having a >> look round. > > Hello Steve. > > Thanks for your reply. > > I have installed hplip-gui, but scanning still doesn't work, neither > does the toolbox. > > I will try the HPLIP script again and do battle with the 7 or 8 > unresolved dependancies which it needs! > > Keith > > HP seem to think it works http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/photosmart/photosmart_b109a_series.html -- Steve (Yorvyk) http://www.lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
