Network Printers on 16.04

[capemayal]

I have an HP Officejet Pro 8710. Many have had problems with it. I have had it working great before.

Now it won''t work. I have a 2g & 5g networks available. I'm using static IP.

No matter what I've done, it won't work. I need both the printing and scanning functions.

Download hplip-3.16.5. It installs find. Ran HP-SETUP to no avail. No HP printer detected. The HP works 100% on USB.S

I've looked around and found that Penguin has a version of this printer, as well as a Canon ImageClass D570. I can't get from them the difference between those 2 and the retail versions at Staples, etc.

Does anyone know what separates Penguin from the retailers? I honestly can't get them to tell me.

I've tried HPLIP from 3.16.5 (min per HP for the 8710) and higher.

Thanks.

[SeijiSensei]

Try visiting http://localhost:631/admin to get the CUPS administration page then click "Find New Printers." How does that go?

[ajgreeny]

Using hplip-gui you may need to go to the "Show Advanced options" -> "Manual Discovery" and in the box there, enter the IP of the printer.

That has always worked for me if the auto-search does not find the printer.

[brian_p]

You apparently have the device on the network. Execute the command

driverless

and give us the output.

[capemayal]

You apparently have the device on the network. Execute the command

driverless

and give us the output.

driverless: command not found

The printer goes to sleep after 15 minutes. That's the max time it can stay awake - in preferences. There is no provision to turn off the sleep function.

I have emailed Thinkpenquin. They sell "their" versions of the 8710 and a Canon Imageclass D570. I asked what's the difference between their printers and the retail versions. I got the same reply twice. After the 1st one, I asked for a clarification. That tells me its probably a canned reply.

[brian_p]

driverless: command not found

My fault. I forgot you were on 16.04.

How about

lpinfo -v

[capemayal]

lpinfo -v

network ipps
network ipp14
network beh
network http
network https
direct hp
network ipp
network lpd
network socket
direct hpfax

It appears to me that there isn't anything found. I've just about given up on this HP printer.

I was able to add the printer through CUPS, but the scanner isn't found.

Thanks for your help though.
Al

[brian_p]

lpinfo -v

network ipps
network ipp14
network beh
network http
network https
direct hp
network ipp
network lpd
network socket
direct hpfax

It appears to me that there isn't anything found. I've just about given up on this HP printer.

No network URI in sight! Very strange considering CUPS allows you to install a queue.

I was able to add the printer through CUPS, but the scanner isn't found.

There is often a good reason for that. Let us see the result of

lpstat -t

[CatKiller]

I was able to add the printer through CUPS, but the scanner isn't found.

I did find a report from a Debian user that had managed to scan from that device, so perhaps there's some information there that will help you.

[capemayal]

This is after I had installed the printer through cups. No scanner though.

scheduler is running
no system default destination
device for 8710: socket://hostname:9100
8710 accepting requests since Tue 03 Dec 2019 11:10:50 AM EST
printer 8710 is idle. enabled since Tue 03 Dec 2019 11:10:50 AM EST

After I had deleted the printer through CUPS
scheduler is running
no system default destination
lpstat: No destinations added.
lpstat: No destinations added.
lpstat: No destinations added.
lpstat: No destinations added.