I have just pulled the hpaio.desc file from hplip v 3.9.12.
Unfortunately, this file does not give any information about the
connection type or usb ID's, so users that search our form using those
will not find the scanners. Those that search by name should show up.
It would be nice if this could
Hello,
At least the current HPLIP version 3.9.8 sources contain a
scan/sane/hpaio.desc
file which is - as far as I see - exactly what is needed.
I think the only missing link is someone at HPLIP who
actually sends their current up-to-date hpaio.desc file
to the SANE project people.
On Sep 17
Allan,
I see what you mean. My suggestion--for us end-user guys who are not
programmers--would be to add the words Deskjet series, Photosmart
series, and Laserjet series to the HP listings ordered by printer type
(http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html). Then leave all the fields
blank