HP Photosmart B109a-m printer/scanner

[Keith Powell]

NoOp wrote:
> On 05/28/2010 03:03 AM, Keith Powell wrote:
>> I am trying Ubuntu 10.4 and have one major problem with it.
>>
>> After downloading the HP packages from the repositories, I can get my HP 
>> Photosmart B109a-m to print. However, I just can't get it to scan. Xsane 
>> says that it can't find a scanner. The HP Toolbox doesn't work either - 
>> says that there is no printer connected!
>>
>> Has anyone got a B109 to work fully?
>>
>> If so, please would you tell me how you did it?
>>
>> This is the only thing which is preventing me from installing 10.4.
>>
>> Incidentally, my B109 didn't work with Ubuntu 9.10 either, so I had to 
>> abandon that version. I was hoping that the new version would have 
>> solved the problem and I could return to Ubuntu.
> 
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+%2BHP+Photosmart+B109a-m&hl=en&complete=0&start=10&sa=N>
> found this:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/104454
> 
> If that doesn't work, try asking on that question, or checking:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip
> 

Many thanks, NoOp, for your advice.

I've had a quick look at the three links you provided and they seem 
promising. I'll study them later today.

Incidentally, I have looked at the mailing lists/forums of several 
distros. Every one has many postings saying that their HP printer or 
printer/scanner worked perfectly with older versions of the distro (with 
the exception of Ubuntu 9.10!), but won't work with the latest version. 
So it seems to be a general recent HP problem, not just one confined to 
Ubuntu.

Cheers

Keith