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hp officejet 6500 wireless

Asked by heather michel

I still have some remaining issues on my Officejet 6500 wireless printer...
I can print via USB & wireless, scan via the HP Device manage too. However, I cant seem to scan by hitting the button on the machine... Tells me computer is not hooked up. I have the printer hooked up on my windows laptop and the printer can see the laptop. When I hit the scan button it tells me to pick a printer and the windows laptop is all it see's. Thoughts???

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heather michel (hmemichel) said : 		#1

I see this post https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/72328 .
Has anything changed with scan to PC function being supported by HPLIP??

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New question #84574 on Ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/84574

I still have some remaining issues on my Officejet 6500 wireless printer...
I can print via USB & wireless, scan via the HP Device manage too. However, I cant seem to scan by hitting the button on the machine... Tells me computer is not hooked up. I have the printer hooked up on my windows laptop and the printer can see the laptop. When I hit the scan button it tells me to pick a printer and the windows laptop is all it see's. Thoughts???

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Best Larry Jordan (larryjor) said : 		#2

     Glad you ended with "Thoughts???". I spend most of my time in Linux and had no idea this was an HP Officejet 6500 capability (my wife only uses Windows Vista, same computer, but not as computer-literate). I've checked since reading this, and it seems that it still isn't supported, but now that I know it is possible in Windows my thoughts are why can't we do it in Linux???

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heather michel (hmemichel) said : 		#3

Exactly my thought! I mean it isn't super major to not be able to hit the "scan" button on the printer and have it go/not go... but if windows can do it... I am sure Linux can do it.

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heather michel (hmemichel) said : 		#4

Thanks Larry Jordan, that solved my question.

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heather michel (hmemichel) said : 		#5

ok yep that works. Sound is cruddy though. Any thoughts?