Scanner Question

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 11:50 -0500, Billie Walsh wrote:
> I have an HP 4100 all in one printer connected directly to a USB port. I 
> was having some issues with it as a printer after a clean install of 
> 10.04 and found it was a bad cable. Replaced that and that part now 
> works fine.
> 
> I just can't use the scanner part.
> 
> I've never had any issue on previous versions/machines.  So far I've 
> tried different ports. Checked to make sure that all the requisite 
> software is installed [ sane, hplip, etc. ], and even marked it for 
> re-install via Synaptic.
> 
> I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions. I really need the scanner more than 
> the printer.

This may sound nuts, but I found that at times I have to open and close
the scanner lid part to recycle "something". I know, not very techie but
once I do that, something grinds and whirs and I'm able to scan. I
loathe the amount of ink my HP 1510 eats, but it's a fine scanner. Ric


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