On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Mark Mitchell < mark.russel.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote: > I have an HP Laserjet 3330 MFP, connected via USB to an up to date Ubuntu > system. I can print from the linux system, I can print from windows > machines on the network, but I can't scan. > > If I press the 'scan' key on the printer, it gives a 'waiting for PC' > message for a couple seconds, then returns to the status screen. An attempt > to 'scan to', results in a beep and 'not set up' error message. > > Any clues out there? > > Thanks, > Mark > Asked for help too soon. From my next search, I learned that the driver does not support scans initiated from the printer, only from sane-compatible apps on the PC. So, aptitude install xsane, and the printer responds. It still doesn't quite work, I get an 'Error during read: Error during device I/O' after the scan bulb has traversed and returned. Not there yet, but closer. Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100421/8b60ee31/attachment-0001.htm