(solved) Setup scanner/printer at antiX-base

[Member andfree]

Hi. I run antiX-17-base. I try to setup an HP printer & scanner device. I installed Simple Scan & hplip. But, when I try to scan, it gives me this message:

Failed to scan
Unable to connect to scanner

There’s not an icon for setting printer in control center (because I run base, I suppose).
At http://localhost:631 , it asks me for a password and, when I try to add the printer, it gives me this message:

Add Printer Error
Unable to add printer:
Forbidden

In Synaptic, cups appears to be installed.
Any ideas?

• This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by andfree.
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[Anonymous]

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Yeah, sucks when that happens.

Hey, have you already checked this ?

[Member andfree]

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No, I hoped that I would have found help here. The only I’ve checked is that there’s not a ~/.xsane folder to delete.

[Member sleekmason]

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When entering your password, you should be using “root” and your root password, not your user name.

Also, I’ve learned that when skidoo sends a link, odds are it is completely relevant to whatever problem I might be having. This doesn’t always hold true for others.

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[Member ohh]

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The first item to check is to see if saned is enabled:

as root or using sudo open your file manager and navigate to the directory /etc/default/

open the file saned and make sure it reads:

# Defaults for the saned initscript, from sane-utils

# To enable under systemd please read README.Debian
# Set to yes to start saned under SysV
RUN=yes

# Set to the user saned should run as
RUN_AS_USER=saned

roboot, then
follow the instructions here:

Debian Wiki

Hope this helps

ohh

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[Member andfree]

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Actually, I was trying to enter cups as user. Entering as root, I can add the printer, but still can’t get it work. I remember I had created a relevant topic at the old forum, but I can’t find it.

About scanner, I installed sane and sane-utils, edited /etc/default/saned (turned “RUN=no” to “RUN=yes”) and rebooted, but then:

$ scanimage -L
device `hpaio:/usb/HP_LaserJet_M1319f_MFP?serial=N8603DV’ is a Hewlett-Packard HP_LaserJet_M1319f_MFP all-in-one
master@desktop:~
$ scanimage > image.pnm
scanimage: open of device hpaio:/usb/HP_LaserJet_M1319f_MFP?serial=N8603DV failed: Error during device I/O

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[Moderator caprea]

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Maybe look if this is installed on your system

 sudo apt-get install cups cups-client cups-bsd hplip hpijs simple-scan sane-utils

Then please look if you are member of the lpadmin group
sudo adduser yourusername lpadmin

Then do the same for the scanner group
sudo usermod -a -G scanner yourusername
newgrp - scanner

Start the cups service again

sudo service cups start

Try again the cups-side.

Oops,didn’t see your post.

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$ sudo apt-get install cups cups-client cups-bsd hplip hpijs simple-scan sane-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package hpijs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  printer-driver-hpijs

E: Package 'hpijs' has no installation candidate

And after having added the printer and sent a page to print, the job state is:

stopped “Filter failed”

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[Anonymous]

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look if you are member of the lpadmin group

Then do the same for the scanner group

+1

(per the results of the websearch I linked to, a user’s lack of group membership is the typical cause of “Failed to scan Unable to connect to scanner”)

[Moderator caprea]

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I don’t have a hp-printer, but don’t you have to run ?
hp-setup -i
first

[Member sleekmason]

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apt-get install hplip

[Member andfree]

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look if you are member of the lpadmin group

Then do the same for the scanner group

I followed all the steps indicated by caprea, but I posted only about the error messages. For the history, I was not already member of groups. Now I am, but my problems are not solved yet.

[Moderator caprea]

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Just a guess ,maybe you have to install cups-filters
On a full install it is installed .

[Member andfree]

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hp-setup -i

Excellent. It solved all my problems. Now the printer prints and the scanner scans. Many thanks.

[Member andfree]

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And what about an Epson printer?

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