Re: Scanner

[raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net>]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:19:27 +0000
Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> I could not install a Scanner in Guix, that's why I installed a
> second Linux distro: GNUinOS on a second hard disk.
> 
> In GnuinOS my HP Printer was working, I could print, but I couldn't
> scan in the beginning.
> 
> So I installed "hplip" and when in my applications the "hplip
> toolbox" icon as a programm showed up, I opened it, and than I could
> install/add a scanner, which is in my "HP Officejet all in one"
> included. Than I could scan with my printer.
> 
> In Guix I installed hplip, but the application as an icon does not
> show up. So I can't open it and may be install/add a scanner to it.
> 
> Does anybody have a HP all-in-one printer/scanner,and if it is
> working, than he could show me his /etc/config.scm file how the
> printer is installed, and I could do the same in my config.scm file,
> hoping it will work.
> 
> Hopefully Guix developers include a Scanner in the next Version of
> Guix, so that there is no hassle for newcomers.
> 
> best wishes
> 
> Gottfried
> 
> 
> 
> 

Can't test with an HP one, but my Samsung scanner+printer Just Works TM
with Simple Scan, the GNOME scanner app.
Only minor hiccup is that if I plug it in after I start the app, it
doesn't show up and I have to restart the app. But that takes like 2
seconds so it's not a big deal.