printer installation issues--HP Envy Pro 6452 very long
by vineyridge from LinuxQuestions.org on (#54J73)
Linux Mint Mate 19.3 2009 ASUS motherboard, no wifi, no bluetooth, no wireless router except from my satellite modem. I want a single wired connection between my computer and my printer. I do not trust the privacy of wireless.
I purchased an HP Envy Pro 6452 All in One because 1) HP is supposed to support Linux better than any other company, and because I wanted a scanner with automatic document feed, copier ability, and a usb connection. When I first went to install it, I discovered that HPLIP in the Mint repository did not cover this printer.
I'm not at all conversant with Terminal Commands and repositories, nor do I understand the Synaptic Package Manager. I just went to Synaptic and searched for HPLIP. It showed version 3.17.10 plus repack0-5 as installed on my computer. After an internet search, I found that I needed 3.20.5 to cover this printer, so I downloaded and installed it. That presented numerous problems, and I cannot immediately recall the sequence; I do recall that "out of paper" was a huge problem, and I could not find the paper tray.
The printer did not come with any explanation of where things were, and when I searched for one, the HP Customer Support service was offline. So I went and asked for help from the Linux Mint printer forum.
A user offered to help me install driverless printing and scanning. He found a printer manual for me, and I was finally able to find the paper tray. I agreed because I desperately needed to print something ASAP. The first thing I did, per instructions, was purge the provided "ippusbxd" and replace it with "ipp-usb". The printer printed. Then I installed " sane-airscan_0.99.4+62.1_amd64.deb". Simple Scan worked. I can print and scan.
My problem is as follows:
The electronic printer control panel, which provides copying, printer maintenance and information, as well as connection controls (the printer is wireless by default, and the control panel allows one to remove the wireless connection) does not work. Also the printer has an automatic document feeder which does not work. So while I can print and scan, about half of the printer's capabilities are non-functional.
Is there any way that I can get these capabilites to work without removing what I have done and installing the HPLIP version that supports this printer?
If I do need to uninstall both ipp-usb and Simple Scan how would I go about purging them from my computer?
Do I need to reinstall ippusbxd for HPLIP to work? Installing the updated version of HPLIP seems to be pretty automatic, and now that paper is in the paper tray, there is no reason why it shouldn't work. But given Murphey's law, it probably won't if I try to do this without help.
The Linux Mint user who helped me install the driverless printing and scanning thinks he has finished with me since I can print and scan.
I purchased an HP Envy Pro 6452 All in One because 1) HP is supposed to support Linux better than any other company, and because I wanted a scanner with automatic document feed, copier ability, and a usb connection. When I first went to install it, I discovered that HPLIP in the Mint repository did not cover this printer.
I'm not at all conversant with Terminal Commands and repositories, nor do I understand the Synaptic Package Manager. I just went to Synaptic and searched for HPLIP. It showed version 3.17.10 plus repack0-5 as installed on my computer. After an internet search, I found that I needed 3.20.5 to cover this printer, so I downloaded and installed it. That presented numerous problems, and I cannot immediately recall the sequence; I do recall that "out of paper" was a huge problem, and I could not find the paper tray.
The printer did not come with any explanation of where things were, and when I searched for one, the HP Customer Support service was offline. So I went and asked for help from the Linux Mint printer forum.
A user offered to help me install driverless printing and scanning. He found a printer manual for me, and I was finally able to find the paper tray. I agreed because I desperately needed to print something ASAP. The first thing I did, per instructions, was purge the provided "ippusbxd" and replace it with "ipp-usb". The printer printed. Then I installed " sane-airscan_0.99.4+62.1_amd64.deb". Simple Scan worked. I can print and scan.
My problem is as follows:
The electronic printer control panel, which provides copying, printer maintenance and information, as well as connection controls (the printer is wireless by default, and the control panel allows one to remove the wireless connection) does not work. Also the printer has an automatic document feeder which does not work. So while I can print and scan, about half of the printer's capabilities are non-functional.
Is there any way that I can get these capabilites to work without removing what I have done and installing the HPLIP version that supports this printer?
If I do need to uninstall both ipp-usb and Simple Scan how would I go about purging them from my computer?
Do I need to reinstall ippusbxd for HPLIP to work? Installing the updated version of HPLIP seems to be pretty automatic, and now that paper is in the paper tray, there is no reason why it shouldn't work. But given Murphey's law, it probably won't if I try to do this without help.
The Linux Mint user who helped me install the driverless printing and scanning thinks he has finished with me since I can print and scan.