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Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation

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On 30/03/17 18:28, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 30 Mar 2017 at 16:15:18 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> 
>> On 29/03/17 18:27, Brian wrote:
>>>
>>> The changelog at backports has
>>>
>>>  hplip (3.16.7+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>>>
>>>   * New upstream release
>>>     - Support for new HP printers:
>>>       × Officejet Pro 8730
>>>
>> Thanks again, Brian. Once I fiddled with the missing Python component(s)
>> - by pure guesswork - I was able to print. Scanning is an issue for
>> another day as xsane produces a thin strip of over-printed rubbish. I'll
>> probably wait for Stretch before exploring further.
> 
> The 8730 looks like a smart device but at 220+ GBP I'd want it working,
> Now!

There's £50.00 cashback, I wouldn't willingly part with £220.00 either.

> Are you using the USB port or is the device on the network? Either way,
> all that is needed for printing is printer-driver-hpcups, unless you are
> wedded to having all that hplip provides. You should be able to purge
> hplip and whatever python packages it pulled in and printing should
> still work. Perhaps best, though, to ignore me and leave things as they
> are if you are happy with this situation. You are printing after all.

I'm connected via Ethernet so all my computers can use the device. Call
me old fashioned: I've been using Ethernet since the '80s and I trust
the security of wires rather more than wireless.

> Scanning? Set up the device wirelessly (it can be left connected by USB
> for this, I think) and enable AirPrint/Bonjour from its EWS (embedded
> web server):
> 
>  http://IP_of_the_8730
> 
> After that
> 
>  scanimage -L
> 
> should pick up the scanner. xsane should offer it as choice if you there
> is more than one scanner on the network. Or it should just detect the
> OfficeJet and display.

I thought that AirPrint/Bonjour was Apple related so I haven't
investigated it to date. The printer has a nice facility of scanning to
the front USB port, outputting PDF amongst other formats. It suits me
for the time being.

Regards

Peter HB

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HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> - 2017-03-29 19:10 +0200
  Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-29 19:30 +0200
    Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> - 2017-03-30 00:10 +0200
    Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> - 2017-03-30 17:20 +0200
      Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-30 19:30 +0200
        Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> - 2017-03-31 00:30 +0200
          Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-31 01:30 +0200
          Re: HP Printer (OfficeJet 8730) Installation Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-03-31 11:50 +0200

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