Alan, Thanks, yes the hplip project lists the Envy 4500, but I'm pretty sure I have that installed already.
I'll check again when I get to the machine tonight. MR On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:13 AM, m. allan noah <[email protected]> wrote: > The Envy 4500 is not the same as the Scanjet 4500. This device is not > supported by our sane-backends. Try the hplip project, and see if > their sane driver covers it. > > allan > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 4:43 AM, MR ZenWiz <[email protected]> wrote: >> I routinely use my Xubuntu 14.04.3 laptop, at my lady friend's house, >> where she has an HP Envy 4500 all in one on her wireless network. >> >> Xsane can't seem to find the scanner. >> >> I've edited the /etc/sane.d/net.conf to this: >> >> # This is the net backend config file. >> >> ## net backend options >> # Timeout for the initial connection to saned. This will prevent the backend >> # from blocking for several minutes trying to connect to an unresponsive >> # saned host (network outage, host down, ...). Value in seconds. >> # connect_timeout = 60 >> >> ## saned hosts >> # Each line names a host to attach to. >> # If you list "localhost" then your backends can be accessed either >> # directly or through the net backend. Going through the net backend >> # may be necessary to access devices that need special privileges. >> localhost >> mar8710w >> 192.168.0.11 >> hp envy 4500 >> hp-print-60-envy 4500 >> >> As far as I can tell, this require the hp5590 driver, which appears to >> be installed on my machine: >> >> mar@mar8710w:~ $ loc hp5590 >> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-hp5590.la >> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-hp5590.so.1 >> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-hp5590.so.1.0.23 >> /usr/share/man/man5/sane-hp5590.5.gz >> >> And the dll.conf has net and hp both uncommented. >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Thanks. >> >> MR >> >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list: [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> to [email protected] > > > > -- > "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge > of my hand" -- sane-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to [email protected]
