Re: HP 4155e USB info

Sorry, typo in my device line. "xsane" now works nicely - thanks!

Still not sure why the USB protocol fails, as the printer even calls 
itself a "4100e" on the 'secret' pin code sticker inside the print 
cartridge door, but happy to go with what works.

Thanks

On 5/26/24 6:57 PM, Ian Darwin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Your model is not yet supported by HPLIP.
>
> Thanks. That's weird, though, as it's in the 4100 family and it has a 
> perfectly fine USB connection... which works fine for CUPS printing 
> and for Windoze scanning. Oh, you said "not yet", so there is hope 
> that it might work over USB someday?
>
>> HP DeskJet 4155e supports AirPrint and certainly AirScan 
>> (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c07062158#N66406).
>
> But I guess HP wants us to do everything over WiFi, whether we like it 
> or not.
>
>> You have two options:
>>  - use a recent version of sane-backends and enable the escl backend.
>
> I'm working on this approach now (1.3.1). "Just a bit of 
> configuration". Just this entry in escl.conf
>
> device http://192.168.43.160:443 "HP DeskJet 4155e"
>
> $ scanimage -L
> device `escl:http://192.168.43.160:443' is a HP DeskJet 4155e flatbed 
> or ADF scanner
> $ scanimage  > /tmp/id
> Output format is not set, using pnm as a default.
> scanimage: open of device escl:http://192.168.43.160:443 failed: 
> Invalid argument
> $
>
> $ nc 192.168.43.160 80 # confirm the IP address is for the printer, 
> and connectivity
> HEAD / HTTP/1.0
>
> HTTP/1.1 505 HTTP Version Not Supported
> Server: HP HTTP Server; HP DeskJet 4100 series - 26Q90A; Serial 
> Number: CN23JFG31P; Built:Thu Dec 07, 2023 09:14:07AM {TOP1FN2349DR}
>
> ^C
>
> Any further guesses/help would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
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