On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 10:17 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 11:55:48PM -0500, Jeff Maxwell wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 22:00 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > > Jeff Maxwell writes: > > > > > > > I have a very old HP OfficeJet 630 parallel port multifunction > > > > printer/scanner/fax machine. > > > > > > > > Prior to Fedora 9, I had no problems with xsane/sane recognizing the > > > > scanner function. > > > > > > > > After installing Fedora 9 and going to the Software Add to include the > > > > HP support for sane, xsane still can not find my device. > > > > > > > > I have installed it as a printer without any issues. > > > > > > This scanner is not listed as a supported scanner by sane: > > > > > > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html > > > > > > > > > However, googling around suggests that there's some support in hplip: > > > > > > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/officejet/officejet_series_630.html > > > > > > Make sure you have the hplip rpm installed. > > > > It seems that the issue is between "root" and my local user. If I sign > > on under "root", the HP Device application has no problem finding my > > OfficeJet. Nor does it have any problems with the scan function. > > > > If I am signed on as my local user, the system is unable to communicate > > with the printer. > > > > I did find that while going through the set up process for the printer > > under my local sign in, that it asked for my password. After typing it > > in several times, I hit the cancel button. > > > > There may be a disconnect where by the application is unable to > > recognize my local sign on password. > > Is it possible you need the libsane-hpaio package installed? It is installed. The curious situation is that I am able to use the OfficeJet while signed on as "root" but not as my local user. There must be some setting that I am missing which allows the OfficeJet to be used by others on the machine when they sign on as there normal user. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
