scanning with hplip

had to reboot my computer and remember how to make the hp officejet scanner/printer scan for me again. turns out hplip won't run if cupsd and dbus are not started, and they weren't by default. hp-check is pretty handy for finding these kinds of problems. then, i actually use scanimage to do the scanning. i think it's part of the sane-backends package rather than hplip, but it works for me. scanimage --help shows scanner-specific options. this gives a good 150 dpi scan of a letter-size page: scanimage --resolution 150 -x 216 -y 279 > output.pnm the easiest way i've found to make a pdf out of the scanned pages is first to convert each one to a png, then to a pdf (both times with convert). then, use pdftk in*.pdf cat output out.pdf to assemble the pages. pretty good compression with the png conversion (even without forcing greyscale or b/w) and verified to work on windows.

Officejet 9130

trying to get all the functionality of the printer working as a network printer

• print color
• scan
• memory card reader
• fax would be nice, too

right now, it only prints b&w, even with the internal test page function

• setting up as a network printer is easy, although dhcp didn't work
• tried factory reset, didn't actually reset everything

• manual says this doesn't reset network

• p 183 in manual says ual to contact hp support if configuration page has no color
• can try calibrating the color

• menu->maintenance->calibrate printheads-> follow the instructions

apparently, twain can work over the network

• this should make network scanning relatively easy

embedded web server

• when connected to network, you can just point a browser at the printer ip to get
• admin functions

vulcan death pinch

• 1 turn off
• 2 while holding down the down arrow, -, and black/color buttons, turn it on again
• this will reset to factory settings

if the death pinch doesn't work, try upgrading firmware to reset it

• go to the support site, download new firmware, open the file

memory card on the network

• can save to network folder (probably samba)

customer support

• contacts on p 197 of manual
• chat through embedded server
• 1 year limited warranty

the full user's manual for the hp offiicejet 9130: officejet 9130