HP 6500 prints but no scanner function

Can you give the output of:

lsusb

Thanks

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1146724
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1146724

Sounds like you need to download the latest HPLIP. This may also help
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

Mark the script as executable and launch it in a terminal as your user (not sudo)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HPPrinterInstallation

No, I'm new to ubuntu.

actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #115890 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/115890
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> lsusb
>
> Thanks
>
>

Downloading hplip, new version and may fix problem.

Robert L youngblood wrote:
> Your question #115890 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/115890
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> No, I'm new to ubuntu.
>
>
>
> actionparsnip wrote:
>
>> Your question #115890 on Ubuntu changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/115890
>>
>> Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
>> Can you give the output of:
>>
>> lsusb
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Could not open the file /home/bob/Desktop/hplip-3.10.5.run using the
Unicode (UTF-8) character coding.????????????????

Followed download that would not auto start, had to manual and loaded to
desk top. Got the above error. Thinks it is a binary file????

actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #115890 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/115890
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> lsusb
>
> Thanks
>
>

cd /home/bob/Desktop; chmod +x ./hplip-3.10.5.run; ./hplip-3.10.5.run

should do it.

This is the error after entering 0 for Distro/os version!

 System development files)
error: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libusb (libusb - USB library)
error: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libtool (libtool - Library building
support services)
error: Missing REQUIRED dependency: cups-image (CUPS image - CUPS image
development files)
error: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: libcrypto (libcrypto - OpenSSL
cryptographic library) [Required for option 'network']
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel
- SNMP networking library development files) [Required for option 'network']
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: pyqt4-dbus (PyQt 4 DBus - DBus
Support for PyQt4) [Required for option 'gui_qt4']
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: pyqt4 (PyQt 4- Qt interface for
Python (for Qt version 4.x)) [Required for option 'gui_qt4']
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library
for Python) [Optional for option 'fax']
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: dbus (DBus - Message bus system)
[Required for option 'fax']
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: sane-devel (SANE - Scanning
library development files) [Required for option 'scan']
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency: cups-ddk (CUPS DDK - CUPS driver
development kit) [Optional for option 'base']
bob@bob-desktop:~/Desktop$

actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #115890 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/115890
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> cd /home/bob/Desktop; chmod +x ./hplip-3.10.5.run; ./hplip-3.10.5.run
>
> should do it.
>
>

Install the missing packages then, read the output, it tells you what it needs.