Hi everybody.
I run a Solus 4.4 on a Mac mini (fusion drive) Intel. Every thing is ok, even my keyboard (Logitech bluetooth map Apple).
My printer is known, and print as well as a printer...
BUT :
The scan is detected, and never start to scan.
Hplip is installed, the drivers come with the Solus, and sane, etc.
There is no way, and I can't understand why.
If someone is ok to help, it will be grateful.

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  • Hey there. I maintain the hplip package, and as the others here have suggested, it should allow you to use the scanning function on your HP. It's necessary to install the firmware blob the HP devices require. Here's how I set it up every time I test my HP printer / scanner when updating the package:

    1. Install hplip (in your application menu it will show as HP Device Manager)
    2. Open HP Device Manager and install my printer through that
    3. Start my scanner program (I use Document Scanner but any scanning program should work). Start a scan.

    At this point, the HP Device Manager should pop up a window telling you that it needs to install the firmware for your device. The window has instructions for doing this. (If you don't see the window, check to make sure it didn't appear behind other windows).

    Try installing hplip and let us know how it goes. Good luck.

    From HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) Help

    If you run hp-check -t are there any problems?

    Within the "hp-check -t" output, verify that the sane is configured correctly in the SANE CONFIGURATION section. Here is an example of what you should see after running hp-check -t:

    'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...

    OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.

    Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...

    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).

    If you do not see this or get an error, edit the dll.conf file and add hpaio. If the scanner is not detect using the scanimage be sure that the printer is supported and working correctly.

    I don't know can I really help, but have you tried different applications to do the scan?

    https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
    according to Hp the HPLIPS package should cure your woes (M148/linux download rediirects to this ^^ page) as they make it sound like printer and scanner drivers are bundled...(the way I see it)..

    so would concur with @qk4-li3 :simple scan, gscan2pdf....etc...raid the repo and see if these foss programs can see the connection. [anecdotal, I even had gscan2pdf detect my epson scanner when the epsonscan2 package did not].

    monfraide83 I would think using hplip would take care of it
    unless it needs a plugin that isnt getting installed have seen some reference to that online.
    (just info)

      Hey there. I maintain the hplip package, and as the others here have suggested, it should allow you to use the scanning function on your HP. It's necessary to install the firmware blob the HP devices require. Here's how I set it up every time I test my HP printer / scanner when updating the package:

      1. Install hplip (in your application menu it will show as HP Device Manager)
      2. Open HP Device Manager and install my printer through that
      3. Start my scanner program (I use Document Scanner but any scanning program should work). Start a scan.

      At this point, the HP Device Manager should pop up a window telling you that it needs to install the firmware for your device. The window has instructions for doing this. (If you don't see the window, check to make sure it didn't appear behind other windows).

      Try installing hplip and let us know how it goes. Good luck.

      a month later

      Hi. Sorry for the time taken for my answer.
      I solved the issue, with :
      sudo hp-setup -ir
      sudo eopkg it hp-setup
      sudo hp-plugin -i

      And it works fine !
      Thanks to @TraceyC for the maintening of the hplip package.
      Solus is great !!

      Hi @monfraide83, thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear it's working for you now. This will surely help people who might run into the same issue in the future.