[GTALUG] scanner on hp LaserJet Pro MFP M26nw

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 11:31:36AM -0400, Chris Aitken via talk wrote:
> Hi. Just joined the group. I can't get scanner (on my hp LaserJet Pro MFP
> M26nw) working. It was scanning fine on my ubuntu 14.0-something LTS
> machine. However, I got a more powerful computer and had a fresh install of
> ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS done. I typed sane in a terminal and got..
> 
> Command 'sane' not found, did you mean:
> 
>   command 'save' from deb atfs (1.4pl6-14)
>   command 'xsane' from deb xsane (0.999-8ubuntu2)
>   command 'sage' from deb sagemath-common (9.0-1ubuntu4)
>   command 'saned' from deb sane-utils (1.0.29-0ubuntu5.2)
> 
> Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
> 
> I tried sudo apt-get install sane and got ...
> 
> [sudo] password for owner:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> sane is already the newest version (1.0.14-15).
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
>   hplip-data libimagequant0 printer-driver-postscript-hp python3-olefile
>   python3-pil python3-renderpm python3-reportlab python3-reportlab-accel
> Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
> 
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
> 
> So, I tried xsane and got ...
> 
>  Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
> 
> Then an hp wizard offered to install it, then ...
> 
>  Failed to open device
> 'hpaio:/usb_HP_LaserJet_Pro_MFP_M26nw?serial=CNB6J9P50R': Error during
> devioce I/O.
> 
> Printing is working fine.

Is hplip installed?  A quick search seems to indicate it supplies the
hpaio part that sane wants to talk to.

-- 
Len Sorensen