On 6/26/19 7:33 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 6/26/19 4:21 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I 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?
Try using "hp-setup" to add the printer to cups. It probably has the
wrong connection type for the HP tools to recognize it.
Thanks it worked this time. Probably when I did that via the setup
printer dialog from hplip-gui, I mistype the fqdn (my printer is on a
different subnet from my system).
step by step.