[ale] OCR: (Was Printer problems)
Vikram Nanda
vikramnanda at exsculpo.com
Sat Dec 16 22:54:18 EST 2006
I got the scanner working today - thanks to your help, few automatic
updates and reboots.
Has anyone got OCR working on their linux boxes? I tried gocr - didnt
work. Tesseract gives me a garbled output.
I also tried the xsane OCR and Clara
Vikram Nanda wrote:
> Scott,
>
> I installed the latest hplip from sourceforge. The scanner part still
> has the same problem.
>
> $ hp-check
>
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.6.10)
> Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 4.0
>
> # Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
> [configure]
> network-build=0
> pp-build=0
> gui-build=1
> scanner-build=1
> fax-build=1
> internal-tag=1.6.10.11
>
>
> HPLIP running?
> --> Yes, HPLIP is running (OK).
>
> HPOJ running?
> --> No, HPOJ is not running (OK).
>
> Checking Python version...
> --> OK, version 2.4.4 installed
>
> ----------------
> | DEPENDENCIES |
> ----------------
>
> ( Not installed)
>
> Checking for dependency 'libcrypto (libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic
> library)'...
> error: Not found!
> error: This is a REQUIRED dependency.
>
> Checking for dependency 'ppdev (ppdev - Parallel port support kernel
> module.)'...
> error: Not found!
> error: This is a REQUIRED dependency.
>
> Checking for dependency 'libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP
> networking library development files)'...
> error: Not found!
> error: This is a REQUIRED dependency.
>
>
> ----------------------
> | INSTALLED PRINTERS |
> ----------------------
>
>
> officejet_4200
> --------------
> Device URI: hp:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5
> Installed in HPLIP? Yes
> PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/officejet_4200.ppd
> PPD Description: HP OfficeJet 4200 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended)
>
> Printer status:
> printer officejet_4200 is idle. enabled since Sun 10 Dec 2006
> 09:49:16 PM EST
>
>
> officejet_4200_fax
> ------------------
> Device URI: hpfax:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5
> Installed in HPLIP? Yes
> PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/officejet_4200_fax.ppd
> PPD Description: HP Fax
>
> Printer status:
> printer officejet_4200_fax is idle. enabled since Sun 10 Dec 2006
> 09:44:44 PM EST
>
>
>
> ----------------------
> | SANE CONFIGURATION |
> ----------------------
>
> 'hpaio' in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
> --> OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is not properly set up.
>
> Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
> device `hpaio:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5' is a hp
> officejet_4200_series multi-function peripheral
> device `hpaio:/usb/officejet_4200_series?serial=CN58VGH6JME5' is a hp
> officejet_4200_series multi-function peripheral
> device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname BT878 video (AVerMedia TVPhone
> virtual device
>
>
>
>
> Scott Castaline wrote:
>> The last time I checked Ubuntu website they had hplip-0.9.3. I had
>> problems trying to get the scanner on my PSC2610v working also with that
>> version. By downloading the latest from sourceforge and going through
>> the install and setup, everything worked, even the fax. It also installs
>> HPs device mgr which queries status as well as ink levels.
>>
>> On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 20:33 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Scott.
>>>
>>> The printer is working fine now but the scanner is still not working.
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1696860#post1849912
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott Castaline wrote:
>>>
>>>> best bet is to download latest hplip and install. Someone has made a run
>>>> file to install it, I don't remember where it is but I think there was a
>>>> link at the site for hplip. It made life so much easier. It
>>>> automatically launches the setup script after installing.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 18:44 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It is a USB printer.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is HP officejet 4215.
>>>>>
>>>>> To get the scanner working, thought of reinstalling the hplip package.
>>>>> By mistake I removed it fully and reinstalled it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It messed up things now- I cant find HP officejet 4200 series among
>>>>> the list of printers when I try adding my printer through System
>>>>> Settings --> Printers ---> Add ---> Printers
>>>>>
>>>>> I am out of ideas now
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott Castaline wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> networked or direct connected (parallel or USB) all-in-one unit?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 16:52 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My case was a bit different - I didn't use automatix..........
>>>>>>> But something definitely uninstalled my cupsys and it didn't touch the
>>>>>>> hp drivers
>>>>>>> Also I am still struggling to get the scanner portion working - am
>>>>>>> getting a I/O error
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christopher Fowler wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 15:52 -0500, Vikram Nanda wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Got it working- looks like cupsys got uninstalled during one of the
>>>>>>>>> updates. I reinstalled it and my printer is working.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That needs to be answered. Why would it be uninstalled? I had a
>>>>>>>> similar problem with automatix2. I ran it and picked many items. One
>>>>>>>> was mplayer. After mplayer was installed I watched a video. In the
>>>>>>>> back ground automatix2 was still working. Minutes later I ran mplayer
>>>>>>>> again and it was no where to be found. Some program install in
>>>>>>>> automatix2 required that mplayer not be installed and when it got to
>>>>>>>> that packet it removed it. I'm not totally sure why it did that but
>>>>>>>> from that moment on I have not selected many items in automatix2. I
>>>>>>>> select a few run it and then repeat until I'm done.
>>>>>>>>
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