[Solved]: HP PSC 1310 series scanner is not recognized by sane

Netrunner Rolling Rolling 2016.01
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I used to be able to scan images using an HP 1310 series printer/scanner/copier and xsane in the past, when I was running Kubuntu. Now, on NRR, after connecting the device, xsane does not seem to recognize the device. Neither does Skanlite.

hp-setup recognizes the device, though, and can set up the printer function.

Following the advice at the Arch wiki for SANE I tried

scanimage -L

only to get

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
What exactly is the sane-find-scanner tool?

I have tried switching the device off and on again, to no better effect. Also, it is recognized by KInfoCenter as a connected USB 2.0 device so:

Vendor ID 0x3f0 (Hewlett-Packard) Product ID 0x3f11 (PSC-1315/PSC-1317)
The HP multifunction device I am using is an established model that was recognized by and worked with xsane in the past. Any help getting it to work again is most appreciated.

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Did you try installing your HP 1310 using hplip?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS/Printer-specific_problems#HP
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SANE/Scanner-specific_problems#HP

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Thanks for that SANE link. For the record, here is what I did for my particular device:

  1. I uncommented the last line in
/etc/sane.d/dll.conf

which was

#hpaio

  1. I deleted previous printers and ran hp-setup as myself, not root.

  2. I ran hp-plugin and allowed installation of the plugin.

  3. I ran

sudo pacman -S python-pillow

  1. I ran hp-scan and got the scanner working from the command line.

  2. I tried xsane, and the scanner is recognized and works as a scanner!

Thanks, AJSlye.

4

I’m glad to hear that you got it working, just one note:

That printer doesn’t require a proprietary firmware plugin, that step can be skiped in the future.
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/psc/psc_1310_series.html

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Thanks. I will check if a plugin is needed if I have to do this again with another HP scanner.