I am running Linux Mint 13, with the version of HPLIP that is installed with that distribution. Previously, when using HPLIP Toolbox with my Officejet 6500 A Plus, I have been able to print and scan. But, recently, every time I try to launch the program, it won't start, and I get a this error: ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers. (see below)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/hp-check", line 36, in <module>
from base.g import *
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 210, in <module>
user_conf = UserConfig()
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 176, in __init__
ConfigBase.__init__(self, prop.user_config_file)
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 81, in __init__
self.read()
File "/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 121, in read
self.conf.readfp(fp)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ConfigParser.py", line 324, in readfp
self._read(fp, filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ConfigParser.py", line 512, in _read
raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line)
ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: /home/askinnerlopata/.hplip/hplip.conf, line: 1
'\xc6\x93\xfa\xa9\xe7\xc0\xca]eP\xd0m\xab)\x9c\xba\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M\xf7\x19kZ]3\xcfo\xf2\xda\xdcE\xd6\x16.M'