HPLIP

Add an existing HP scanner to a new laptop

Asked by Hans Deragon

I have a HP-OfficeJet-Pro-6978 already setup with one computer, printing and scanning works well with it.

I want to add the already configured HP-OfficeJet-Pro-6978 to another laptop. However, hp-setup 192.168.1.157 fails, not finding it. why is that? I successfully added the device as a printer using the OS printer dialog, but I fail to find a mean to add it as a scanner on the laptop. Why can't hp-setup simply connect to it and configure it as a scanner? I do not want to set it up with a USB cable nor should I, since it is already on the Wifi network. hp-setup should simply connect to it.

The following ports are opened on the device :

Testing with nc -zv 192.168.1.157 1-65535
Connection to 192.168.1.157 80 port [tcp/http] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 443 port [tcp/https] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 631 port [tcp/ipp] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 3910 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 3911 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 5355 port [tcp/hostmon] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 8080 port [tcp/http-alt] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 9100 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 9220 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
Connection to 192.168.1.157 53048 port [tcp/*] succeeded!

Thank you,
Hans Deragon
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Hans Deragon (deragon) said : 		#2

Should I open a bug report regarding this issue since no one has an answer to provide?

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Hans Deragon (deragon) said : 		#4

The question is still valid.

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Nishitha Antony (ni301701) said : 		#5

Hi,
We tried to reproduce this scenario but we are able to add the device in 2 different work stations. We think this might be due to some network issues. Can you try switch off,On the network settings and try the same scenario and see if you able to add the printer?

Thanks,
Nishitha

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Hans Deragon (deragon) said : 		#6

Greetings Nishitha.

Let us be clear here. I am not talking about the printer side of the device, but the scanner side. Printing is easy, as I simply add the printer using 'system-config-printer' to add the printer.

However, I fail to see how I can add an already configured scanner under Linux and with hp-setup. Please explain clearly how you managed to add the scanner on the second computer.

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Hans Deragon (deragon) said : 		#8

Reopening since no solution has been provided.

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Reopening. Still need an answer.

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Reopening. Still need an answer. This automatic janitor expiring questions is ridiculous. If a question has not been answered, it should remain open.

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Reopening. Still need an answer.

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Hans Deragon (deragon) said : 		#16

Reopening. Still need an answer.

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Hans Deragon (deragon) said : 		#17

Since there seams to be no answer to my question, I filled the bug #1760593 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1760593).

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Nishitha Antony (ni301701) said : 		#18

Hi,

can you please mention which distro and hplip driver you are using in laptop?

Thanks,
Nishitha

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