On 6/26/19 7:41 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 6/27/19 7:21 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> went through the standard Xfce printer setup and connected to my HP
> 8600 over port 9100. I have printed a number of items to this printer.
>
> But I want to use the scanner, like I have set up on my old F28 system,
> so I have installed hplip-gui, xsane, and such and started hplip-gui.
>
> It is telling me I have no HP printers installed.
>
> I went through localhost:631 and installed the printer again. It now
shows there as well.
>
> HPlip-gui still not seeing the printer.
>
> What might I be missing here?
FWIW, I've always had great success if I've installed HP printers using the
"hp-setup"
utility.
Also, when it comes to network printers I have found it best to use "manual" as
the
discovery method as the auto doesn't always work.
Particularly when the printer is on a different subnet!