Thanks Meg for your input I did get mine to print. I had to get the latest
version of HPLIP and it installed in minutes. My 3 in one is also wireless
so I am going to tinker around with the wireless functionality of it a
little later.
I still have my system set up as dual boot and gradually day by day I use
windows less and less. I did install windows in a Virtual Box environment in
Ubuntu but can't get usb ports to work.
Once again thanks for your helpwill try scanning see how it goes.
William
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Meg <kimada.news@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
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