hplip setup problems

[Isaac Mushinsky]

On Wednesday 26 March 2008 23:31:26 you wrote:
> Isaac Mushinsky wrote:
> > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 00:21:12 Isaac Mushinsky wrote:
> >> I am close to assasinating my HP Photosmart C4280 in frustration.
> >>
> >> 1. This is an all-in-one device. (I did not try the scanner setup yet)
> >> 2. ulpt, umass, uscanner modules are not in kernel and not kld-loaded.
> >> 3. Machine is FreeBSD 7-stable/amd64.
> >> 4. hplip is 2.8.2
> >>
> >> $ usbdevs
> >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
> >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
> >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
> >> addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel
> >>  addr 2: Photosmart C4200 series, HP
> >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
> >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
> >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
> >> addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel
> >>
> >> There is a ppd file for these series with the hplip distribution.
> >>
> >> hpssd, cups started in the order needed. hp-setup detects the printer,
> >> and then says 'Unable to create queue'. CUPS web interface actually adds
> >> the printer, but then cannot print test page to it. cups user runs hpssd
> >> (I tried root too).
> >>
> >> /var/log/messages has:
> >> Mar 25 23:57:56 omsk python: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable
> >> get_string_descriptor -5: Input/output error Mar 25 23:57:56 omsk
> >> python: io/hpmud/musb.c 1951: invalid serial id string ret=-5
> >>
> >> Here is all relevant output:
> >> http://omsk.mushinsky.net/hplip-trouble
> >>
> >> Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > final piece of information: sane cannot open the HP all-in-one as a
> > scanner with same error (getting serial id). However, my Nikon LS40-ED (a
> > 35mm film scanner) works fine. So the problem is apparently not my
> > installation or libusb.
>
> I would not bet my life on it. There are two ways on which sane-backend
> talk to scanners. Libusb is one of the ways.
> I have two Epson scanners. One of them does use libusb one of them
> doesn't not. How do I know. Well in OpenBSD when the scanner uses libusb
> you have to remove uscanner driver from the kernel in order to use it.
>
> Cheers,
> Predrag
>
> > ~> sane-find-scanner
> >
> >   # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
> >   # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
> >   # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.
> >
> >   # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make
> > sure that
> >   # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
> >
> > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b0 [Nikon], product=0x4000 [LS-40 ED]) at
> > libusb:/dev/usb2:/dev/ugen1
> > found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x5c11 [Photosmart C4200
> > series]) at libusb:/dev/usb3:/dev/ugen0
> >   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> > supported by
> >   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> >
> >   # Not checking for parallel port scanners.
> >
> >   # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary
> > ports # can't be detected by this program.
> >
> >   # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once
> > you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
> > # necessary.
> >
> > The Nikon scanner works, the HP device fails to return serial id as
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I do not have uscanner loaded, so assume it must be libusb.