[sane-devel] Xsane can't find network scanner

[MR ZenWiz]

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 <kitno455 at gmail.com> 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 <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> 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 at 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
>>
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