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Hp DeskJet 2131 scanner not detected by Ubuntu 12.04

Asked by Gyanendra Kumar Gyan

I connected my newly purchased all in one printer with scanner and the printing function is running well after downloading and installing the driver automatically by opening System setting-printing, but the scanner failed to be detected by simple scanner. I tried Xsane and it also failled.
Then I followed the instructions given upon this site-
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SANE%20-%20Installing%20a%20scanner%20that%20isn't%20auto-detected
Now the scanner is being detected but, only black image is received as a result of scanning.
The printer cum scanner is doing well, when copying and printing directly. It means the hardware is ok.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try the latest HPLIP. May help. Run the 4 commands below as your user and reboot:

cd $HOME

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-3.15.11.run

chmod +x ./hplip-3.15.11.run

./hplip-3.15.11.run

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

what is the output of:

ls -la $HOME

Thanks

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Gyanendra Kumar Gyan (gkgyan-ss) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Gyanendra Kumar Gyan (gkgyan-ss) said : 		#5

Try the latest HPLIP. May help. Run the 4 commands below as your user and reboot:

cd $HOME

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-3.15.11.run

chmod +x ./hplip-3.15.11.run

./hplip-3.15.11.run

Above suggestion from actionparship, solved my problem.

Thanks a lot.

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