OK Sorry, thought there was someone out there willing to help, guess I was wrong, I'll do better next time, thanks for the correction.
Joe On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Brian Potkin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri 27 Oct 2017 at 13:37:46 -0400, Joeinslw wrote: > > > I have discovered that when I was using Linux Mint 17.3 this MFP Laserjet > > 477 fdn worked fine both for printing and scanning, but now that I have > > upgraded to Linux Mint 18.2 the printer works but there is no driver > that I > > can find for the scanner. So scanning is a problem on 18.2, the message > I > > get is SCANNER NOT FOUND, I think it needs a driver, but no drivers are > > available for 18.2. > > I can not scan from the computer, so the only work around I have found is > > to scan to a flash drive, then plug into computer and take the scanning > > documents from there, a lot of work because there isn't a driver > available > > for 18.2 > > You have put your mail in an inappropriate place. Firstly, this is a > Debian bug report about the OfficeJet Pro 8710. Secondly, Mint will have > its own support channels. Thirdly, it helps neither you nor us. > > As a Debian user you would have been advised to read the scanner section > of the Debian wiki and to have made sure you had installed the non-free > plugin from HP with the hp-plugin utility. > > Regards, > > Brian. >
