HPLIP

Scanner Not Identified

Asked by Amber on 2009-03-11

After installing HP LIP my x sane doesn't identify the scanner.......I downloaded kooka also but face the same problem..........I didnt face this problem before installing it. I am using the latest version of HP LIP.....Ubuntu 8.04......HP C6188......as requested on the website the output of 'hp-check -t' is as follows:

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.2)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.1

Copyright (c) 2001-8 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...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------

Basic system information:
Linux 5star002.local 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 00:13:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
ubuntu 8.04

HPOJ running?
No, HPOJ is not running (OK).

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.5.2 installed

Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.3.3 installed.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.3.7
error_log is set to level: warn

Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.82.4

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| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
------------------------------------

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 DDK - CUPS driver development kit...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System 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: ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module....
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x)...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python ctypes - A foreign function library for Python...
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 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...
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libsane-dev

Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
To install this dependency, execute this command:
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes sane-utils

Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.

----------------------
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
----------------------

Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.9.2 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=3.9.2

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.9.2
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp/

# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=yes
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=no
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=no
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
internal-tag=3.9.2.49
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes

Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[last_used]
printer =
device_uri = hp:/usb/Photosmart_C6100_series?serial=MY69TF62D304KR

[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%

[installation]
version = 3.9.2.49
date_time = 03/11/09 18:16:28

[settings]
systray_visible = 2

[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1

[polling]
enable = false
device_list =
interval = 5

-------------------------------
| DISCOVERED PARALLEL DEVICES |
-------------------------------

No devices found.

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| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
--------------------------

  Device URI Model
  -------------------------------- --------------------------
  hp:/usb/Photosmart_C6100_series? HP Photosmart C6100 series
  serial=MY69TF62D304KR

---------------------------------
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
---------------------------------

PDF
---
Type: Unknown
Installed in HPLIP?: No, not using the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend.
Device URI: cups-pdf:/
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/PDF.ppd
PPD Description: Generic PDF file generator
Printer status: printer PDF is idle. enabled since Wednesday 02 July 2008 03:52:03 PM IST
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
Photosmart_C6100_fax
--------------------
Type: Fax
Installed in HPLIP?: Yes, using the hpfax: CUPS backend.
Device URI: hpfax:/usb/Photosmart_C6100_series?serial=MY69TF62D304KR
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Photosmart_C6100_fax.ppd
PPD Description: HP Fax
Printer status: printer Photosmart_C6100_fax is idle. enabled since Wednesday 11 March 2009 03:22:14 PM IST
Communication status: Good

Photosmart_C6100_series
-----------------------
Type: Printer
Installed in HPLIP?: Yes, using the hp: CUPS backend.
Device URI: hp:/usb/Photosmart_C6100_series?serial=MY69TF62D304KR
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Photosmart_C6100_series.ppd
PPD Description: HP PhotoSmart C6100 Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.2
Printer status: printer Photosmart_C6100_series is idle. enabled since Friday 20 February 2009 11:05:58 AM IST
Communication status: Good

Photosmart_C6100_series_fax
---------------------------
Type: Fax
Installed in HPLIP?: Yes, using the hpfax: CUPS backend.
Device URI: hpfax:/usb/Photosmart_C6100_series?serial=MY69TF62D304KR
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Photosmart_C6100_series_fax.ppd
PPD Description: HP Fax
Printer status: printer Photosmart_C6100_series_fax is idle. enabled since Friday 20 February 2009 11:05:58 AM IST
Communication status: Good

Photosmart_C6188
----------------
Type: Printer
Installed in HPLIP?: Yes, using the hp: CUPS backend.
Device URI: hp:/usb/Photosmart_C6100_series?serial=MY69TF62D304KR
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Photosmart_C6188.ppd
PPD Description: HP PS c6100 Series hpijs, hpijs 3.9.2
Printer status: printer Photosmart_C6188 is idle. enabled since Wednesday 11 March 2009 03:22:14 PM IST
Communication status: Good

---------------------
| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
---------------------

Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.

-----------------
| USB I/O SETUP |
-----------------

Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...

HP Device 0x5911 at 004:004:
    Device URI: hp:/usb/Photosmart_C6100_series?serial=MY69TF62D304KR
    Device node: /dev/bus/usb/004/004
    Mode: 0660
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: dev/bus/usb/004/004
# owner: lp
# group: lp
user::rw-
user:ambdeep:rw-
group::rw-
mask::rw-
other::---

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| SUMMARY |
-----------

error: 3 errors and/or warnings.

Summary of needed commands to run to satisfy missing dependencies:
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes libsane-dev
sudo aptitude install --assume-yes sane-utils

Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html

Done.