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#16 Post by jason.b.c »

muggins wrote:does hplip need libgphoto? i know you'll need to download & install cups & python, but wasn't aware it needed libgphoto. but, if it does, that would be provided by the gphoto .pet on ibiblio.
well i really have no idea.., ok i'm gonna try to upload a screen shot here...


tell me why this happens..
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#17 Post by muggins »

OK, i see that libgphoto is needed by the sane package. i just dloaded the sane backend package, & used package manager to install, but pack.manager reported missing libgphoto, then dloaded required libgphoto from ibiblio. didn't this happen for you?

is the screenshot the outout from trying to run xsane?

i was wondering if it might be easier to see if hpoj worked with your
printer, rather than hplip, but i saw one post, i think on a ubuntu forum,
where somebody used hpoj to get their hp1315 all-in-one to scan...but then it wouldn't print!

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muggins wrote:OK, i see that libgphoto is needed by the sane package. i just dloaded the sane backend package, & used package manager to install, but pack.manager reported missing libgphoto, then dloaded required libgphoto from ibiblio. didn't this happen for you?
Not quite sure what you mean.., i DL'd and installed Sane , a new libgphoto , but the scanner dosen't work...

is the screenshot the output from trying to run xsane?
Yes .., i launch xsane , agree to the user thing and then get an error stating that it couldn't find the device...
i was wondering if it might be easier to see if hpoj worked with your
printer, rather than hplip, but i saw one post, i think on a ubuntu forum,
where somebody used hpoj to get their hp1315 all-in-one to scan...but then it wouldn't print!
yeah , i heard about that , same goes for mine...
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#19 Post by menno »

Maybe this helps . (text is on http://dotpups.de/menno/docs/Xsane.txt but in Dutch translate it by http://babel.altavista.com/babelfish)

first I download HP-hpoj0.91.pup from dotpups.de .
To install it you need to have accees to perl because it is a perl script .
Link the 3 lib (or move) under /usr/local/lib to /usr/lib .
Connect your scanner and get the device info from ptal-devid . Then try ptal-mlcd . In my case it was (because I have a HP psc1200)

ptal-mlcd mlc:usb:psc_1200_series -devidmatch "MDL:psc 1200 series;"
-devidmatch "SN:MY397F613S5H;"
-device "/dev/usb/lp[0-9]*" "/dev/usblp[0-9]*"
If all is working you can add this to rc.local in /etc/rc.d .

For Xsane you have to change the dll.conf in /etc/sane.d .
Remove (if there is) the hp and add to it (if not there) hpoj .
This tells sane what kind of driver it have to look for .

Try now to start Xsane and see what happens .
There in hpoj a lot of help-file in de dir doc .

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Nope , still dosen't work...
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#21 Post by Billwho? »

Sorry it took so long to get back Jason but I was having trouble finding this information.
Look in /etc/sane.d
Some versions of Puppy will only have one file in here others will have quite a lot. If there is more than one file here open /etc/sane.d/dll.conf as text and edit it by removing the # from the last line.#hpaio to hpaio. Save the file and then rename one of the other files (I think it will be named dll.conf.hplip.new) but as mine has already been renamed to dll.conf.hplip I am not sure. Reboot and you should have scanning available. If not you may need to add modprobe usblp to /etc/rc.d/rc.local but as you are already able to print I don't think this will be needed.
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Billwho? wrote:Sorry it took so long to get back Jason but I was having trouble finding this information.
Look in /etc/sane.d
Some versions of Puppy will only have one file in here others will have quite a lot. If there is more than one file here open /etc/sane.d/dll.conf as text and edit it by removing the # from the last line.#hpaio to hpaio. Save the file and then rename one of the other files (I think it will be named dll.conf.hplip.new) but as mine has already been renamed to dll.conf.hplip I am not sure. Reboot and you should have scanning available. If not you may need to add modprobe usblp to /etc/rc.d/rc.local but as you are already able to print I don't think this will be needed.
well i tried it , am i absolutely supposed to reboot before this will work...?

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usblp 
is that an "i" or an "l" ..?

what else can i try...?
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#23 Post by Billwho? »

jason.b.c wrote:
well i tried it , am i absolutely supposed to reboot before this will work...?
Not sure if it is absolutely needed to reboot or not. I just do anyway to make sure that puppy has a chance to detect the scanner and load "hpaio"

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usblp 
jason.b.c wrote:is that an "i" or an "l" ..?
"l" as in elle
jason.b.c wrote:what else can i try...?
Unfortunately I'm out of ideas at the moment. Will keep thinking on it though.
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#24 Post by jason.b.c »

bumpies...
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#25 Post by muggins »

jason,

the linuxprinting.org site says you need hplip. but for that you'll have to wait until somebody with the skill/resources makes a .pet or .sfs. i had a try with the already compiled slax hplip.mo, but it wouldn't work. mainly because it needs python & pyqt.

anyway, if you have a look here:
http://clarencedang.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... under.html

he says he got it working using the older hpoj, which is available on mu's dotpups.de/dotpups site, under printing. see this link regarding getting it to work:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... p?t=275259

one thing about the hpoj .pup on mu's site is that it extracts the library files to /usr/local/lib, rather than where puppy usually looks for them, /usr/lib . so if you make a note of the library files extracted, you can also symlink them to /usr/lib.

another thing to watch out for is to check, as mentioned by billwho?, /etc/sane/dll.conf . if you look right down the bottom hpoj is commented out, so you need to remove the #.

one thing i'm not sure of, and maybe someone else might know, is in the file /etc/sane/hp.conf it has:
# but you are not using libusb
# /dev/usb/scanner0
# option connect-device
i'm not sure if this is relevant to your printer/scanner or not.

anyway, surely there's enough here to keep you occupied for at least a week.Image

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#28 Post by Flash »

Jason, read muggins' post again. If you ask nicely, maybe someone will make the .pet that muggins suggests, so you can try it. Or you can try making the .pet yourself. It would be a "learning experience." :lol:

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#29 Post by jason.b.c »

Flash wrote:Jason, read muggins' post again.
i have , over and over again , it kept me busy for more than a week..
If you ask nicely, maybe someone will make the .pet that muggins suggests, so you can try it.


Would someone please make it..? i would if i could.. :wink: although i am still unclear as to why i need it.. :?
Or you can try making the .pet yourself. It would be a "learning experience." :lol:
If i actually Had the time and patience for such a thing..
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#30 Post by muggins »

If i actually Had the time and patience for such a thing..
i agree 100%

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#31 Post by jason.b.c »

<ppffftt> i guess there is no getting this scanner working...
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#32 Post by Billwho? »

Try this page Jason it may help.
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