I don't know if this will help, but -
I have a different model, but my HP is also a 3-in-one. I've found that on Linux there is no one program for both printing and scanning the way there is in Windows. "hplip" will get my printer to print - most of the time - but it won't do a thing for scanning. I've been using Simple Scan for that and it works OK - most of the time.
The reason I say "most of the time" is that the print driver stops the print process if it thinks one of the cartridges is low on ink - even when there's plenty of ink left. It's reading the things on the side of the cartridge, of course, just like the driver does in Windows, but instead of just giving me a message that I can click out of it stops the entire process. This means that I have to boot into Windows if I want to print anything, until I replace the cartridge with a new one.
As for Simple Scan - it will periodically just close when I try to start the scanning process. This seems to be related to stopping a prior scan before it had finished (for example, if I had something small on the glass and wanted to save time). As long as I don't do that it seems to work fine. I think it may actually be easier on the motor than the Windows driver, because it needs only one pass; there's no prescan. But then Simple Scan has no way to make adjustments; you just scan, then crop and save.
I need to mention that I'm using Mint and not Ubuntu, but I understand that they are related; I can use Ubuntu programs in Mint, so I'm hoping that what I've talked about here is also available in Ubuntu. If I'm wrong about that, then I apologize. (I do think that "hplip" is a sort of universal driver for Linux. Anyone with more knowledge about this, please correct me if I'm wrong.)
If Ubuntu has a Software or Program Manager or Repository you might want to check there for something like Simple Scan or to see if "hplip" is installed, and if not try installing it from there; I'm no good with terminal commands and this way seems easier. You may still need to get the system to recognize your printer; I think I did, but I'm sorry - I don't remember how.
I hope that makes sense. And I hope it helps. Good luck.
Meg
No comments:
Post a Comment