Re: How to enable MFP scanner?

On 25/03/11 23:49, Rick Kunath wrote:
> On Friday, March 25, 2011 06:52:14 pm Len Lawrence wrote:
>    
>> Mandriva 2010.1 64bit, stock kernel
>>
>> I have just set up an HP C509B all-in-one as a network printer.  It
>> works fine with the HP B109 driver but I cannot detect the scanner in
>> xsane although there is a USB connection as well.  I figured out that
>> sane must be missing the requisite backend, probably hpaio.  Installed
>> lib64sane-hpao1 then created /etc/sane.d/hpaio.conf with one line of
>> text:
>>      
> Is this network connected (Ethernet or wireless) or USB?
>
> Is hplip installed?
>
>    
Yes, hplip is installed.   The network is basically a Buffalo wireless 
router connected by ethernet to the desktop in the living room via a 
powerline adapter, plus two laptops and the all-in-one on the wireless 
side.  IPP would not work so I use a socket connection on port 9100.  
The laptops have no problem using the printer and in addition I tested 
one of them with a USB connection while messing about with drivers and 
that is what I hoped to use for the scanner.  I don't want to even think 
about scanning over the network (not particularly useful anyway).

Len