HP DeskJet 2778 All-in-One Ink Advantage Wireless Colour Printer not working

[mxmatrix]

mxmatrix
I haven't read every post in this thread, but have you tried:
MX Package Installer
MX Test Repo
delete:
hplip 3.20.9
hplip-data 3.20.9
hplip-gui 3.20.9
Then open synaptic and install:
hplip 3.19.6
may have to install hplip-data first
then
hplip 3.19.6
hplip-gui 3.19.6

The 3.19 series worked for me the 3.20 would not find my printer as a scanner.
Earl

Thanks. Honestly speaking (as I mentioned earlier) I am trying out all this on Lubuntu on the same computer.
Do not wish to 'dirty' my MX install. Once it works on Lubuntu I will copy the same procedure on MX.
HPLIP that I downloaded is from HP's website. Should I stick to the repo version ?
Actually HP's website mentioned some 3.20.x version for 2700 series printer so I downloaded it from there.
Which Printer did you tried on ? The same as mine ?
Find it strange that 3.19.X worked but 3.20.X didnt !

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[JayM]

I am trying out all this on Lubuntu on the same computer.
Do not wish to 'dirty' my MX install. Once it works on Lubuntu I will copy the same procedure on MX.

Lubuntu may not have the same packages and versions as MX does so this is like comparing apples to oranges, sort of style.

HPLIP that I downloaded is from HP's website. Should I stick to the repo version ?
Actually HP's website mentioned some 3.20.x version for 2700 series printer so I downloaded it from there.

HP's website actually states that you should install HPLIP from your distro's repositories if it's available there.

Find it strange that 3.19.X worked but 3.20.X didnt !

Not strange at all that a version of software that you downloaded from the Internet and installed doesn't work as intended vs. one that's been tested and packaged specifically for your Linux distro and meeting the distro's requirements.

Also, if 3.19 worked why are you bothering with 3.20?

[Brigs]

Guys unfortunately HP Deskjet 2778 Ink Advantage Wireless Printer is not working well.
Some how it is able to give prints (though hplip creates a lot of trouble) but not able to scan. Says no scanner attached.
hp-doctor even said this printer (2700 series) is not supported. But on HP's website it is mentioned that HPLIP supports that series.

Right now my main problem is to get the scanner working. I have tried this printer till now on Lubuntu as I do not wish to 'dirty' my Mx Linux.
Is it possible for any one to help me with this problem ?

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Hi @mxmatrix
I've 2300 series or HP DJ AIO 2336 exactly that scanner fuction not working in MX-18.3. I'm using hplip 3.20.9 from test repo and update simple-scan and sane frontend.
1. what your running mx version ?
2. have you ever update sane-utils, libsane and libsane-common ? btw i'm with stretch 1.0.25 version here

read interesting from sane-project issue here : https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/381

Your device is supported by the ESCL driver:
You can update sane
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sane-project/sane-git
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

It is also supported by HPLIP in USB and NETWORK :
You can update Hplip here, latest version 3.20.9
Launchpad Hplip
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thierry-f/printers-and-scanners
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

meanshile we're not ubuntu and not have ppa like project for side upgrade. we only hope mx dev can built suitable libsane update to test repo soon.

[mxmatrix]

Hi @mxmatrix
I've 2300 series or HP DJ AIO 2336 exactly that scanner fuction not working in MX-18.3. I'm using hplip 3.20.9 from test repo and update simple-scan and sane frontend.
1. what your running mx version ?
2. have you ever update sane-utils, libsane and libsane-common ? btw i'm with stretch 1.0.25 version here

read interesting from sane-project issue here : https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/381

Your device is supported by the ESCL driver:
You can update sane
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sane-project/sane-git
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

It is also supported by HPLIP in USB and NETWORK :
You can update Hplip here, latest version 3.20.9
Launchpad Hplip
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thierry-f/printers-and-scanners
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

meanshile we're not ubuntu and not have ppa like project for side upgrade. we only hope mx dev can built suitable libsane update to test repo soon.

Thanks Brigs
I am using : Linux Mint 18.1 Xfce 64-bit
sane-utils Version: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3
libsane Version: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3
libsane-common Version: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3
hplip 3.16.3

[mxmatrix]

Were you able to find some suitable solution to the scanner problem ?