hplip Device Communication error on Ubuntu
I have a new instance of Ubunta and installed hplip to reach my network-attached Officejet pro 8500 all-in-one. Setup seemed to find the device, it added both the (Fax) and (Printer) to the device list, but I get the pop-up saying "Device communication error (5012)".
1) I'm runnging Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
2) I have an HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910 (Network) -- (as listed on my Windows system.)
3)col4c@
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.4)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3
Copyright (c) 2001-14 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the
HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies
are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro
supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball
has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode
will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).
Saving output in log file: hp-check.log
Initializing. Please wait...
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| SYSTEM INFO |
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Basic system information:
Linux Ubuntu-ThinkPad-T61 3.2.0-24-
Distribution:
ubuntu 12.04
Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.7.3 installed
Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.9.1 installed.
Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.5.3
error_log is set to level: warn
Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 1.0.0
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| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
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note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).
Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python devel - Python development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python XML libraries...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.
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| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
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Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.12.4 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.
Current contents of '/etc/hp/
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.12.4
[dirs]
home=/usr/
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/
ppdbase=
doc=/usr/
icon=/usr/
cupsbackend=
cupsfilter=
drv=/usr/
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=no
foomatic-
foomatic-
foomatic-
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.12.4
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=yes
hpcups-
hpijs-only-build=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables.
[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0
Current contents of '~/.hplip/
[settings]
systray_visible = 0
systray_messages = 0
[last_used]
device_uri = "hpfax:
printer_name =
working_dir = .
[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/
[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1
[polling]
enable = false
interval = 5
device_list =
[fax]
voice_phone =
email_address =
[installation]
date_time = 06/07/2012 10:43:06
version = 3.12.4
[upgrade]
notify_upgrade = true
last_upgraded_time = 1339086350
pending_
latest_
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| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
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No devices found.
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| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
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Officejet_
-------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/net/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Officejet Pro 8500 a910, hpcups 3.12.2
Printer status: printer Officejet_
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/net/
error: unable to open channel
error: Communication status: Failed
Officejet_
-------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/net/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Officejet Pro 8500 a910, hpcups 3.12.2
Printer status: printer Officejet_
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/net/
error: unable to open channel
error: Communication status: Failed
Officejet_
-------
Type: Fax
Device URI: hpfax:/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Fax4 hpcups
Printer status: printer Officejet_
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hpfax:/
error: unable to open channel
error: Communication status: Failed
Officejet_
-------
Type: Fax
Device URI: hpfax:/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Fax4 hpcups
Printer status: printer Officejet_
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hpfax:/
error: unable to open channel
error: Communication status: Failed
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| SANE CONFIGURATION |
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'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.
Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
device `hpaio:
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| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
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Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
OK, found.
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| USER GROUPS |
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col4c adm lp cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare
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| SUMMARY |
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error: 4 errors and/or warnings.
Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://
Done.
4) Explanation of problem: Device communication error (5012)
5) Recreation:
1- Install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
2- Install hplip from the "Apps available for download" center (this gets ver. 3.12.2)
3- Run hp-setup, finds the printer and fax but receives communication error.
4- Add user to group lp (based on hp-check -t output)
5- Upgrade hplib to ver. 3.12.4 (based on launchpad site)
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