I got this printer and it print beautiful photos.... I was so excited. Then I discovered that the scanner doesn't work (bummer). Anyone know how to get it running> I sent a support request to HP but they haven'y gotten back to me yet. (it has been a couple of days) The information they requested is after my signature followed by my attempt to fix it From what I've gleaned from it plugins are not installed (which and how eludes me) and dependencies are not installed. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: $ hp-check -t Saving output in log file: /home/bmike1/hp-check.log HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.3) Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1 Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. Note: hp-check can be run in three modes: 1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies are installed to successfully compile HPLIP. 2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run. 3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies). Check types: a. EXTERNALDEP - External Dependencies b. GENERALDEP - General Dependencies (required both at compile and run time) c. COMPILEDEP - Compile time Dependencies d. [All are run-time checks] PYEXT SCANCONF QUEUES PERMISSION Status Types: OK MISSING - Missing Dependency or Permission or Plug-in INCOMPAT - Incompatible dependency-version or Plugin-version warning: linuxmint-18.3 version is not supported. Using linuxmint-17.3 versions dependencies to verify and install... --------------- | SYSTEM INFO | --------------- Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic #39~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 25 08:59:23 UTC 2018 GNU/Linux Host: MikesBeast Proc: 4.15.0-36-generic #39~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 25 08:59:23 UTC 2018 GNU/Linux Distribution: linuxmint 18.3 Bitness: 64 bit ----------------------- | HPLIP CONFIGURATION | ----------------------- HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.16.3 HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for linuxmint distro 18.3 version Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file: # hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure. [hplip] version=3.16.3 [dirs] home=/usr/share/hplip run=/var/run ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hplip doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-doc icon=no cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter drv=/usr/share/cups/drv bin=/usr/bin apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d # Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed. [configure] network-build=yes libusb01-build=no pp-build=yes gui-build=yes scanner-build=yes fax-build=yes dbus-build=yes cups11-build=no doc-build=yes shadow-build=no hpijs-install=yes foomatic-drv-install=yes foomatic-ppd-install=yes foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no hpcups-install=yes cups-drv-install=yes cups-ppd-install=no internal-tag=3.16.3 restricted-build=no ui-toolkit=qt4 qt3=no qt4=yes policy-kit=yes lite-build=no udev_sysfs_rules=no hpcups-only-build=no hpijs-only-build=no apparmor_build=no Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file: Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file: [last_used] device_uri = hp:/net/OfficeJet_4650_series?zc=HPB05ADA63B749 [installation] date_time = 10/23/18 22:48:17 version = 3.16.3 -------------------------- | External Dependencies | -------------------------- scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.25 OK - avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.6.32 OK - error: dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.10.6 MISSING 'DBUS may not be installed or not running' policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK - xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK - gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.25 OK - error: cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 - INCOMPAT 'CUPS may not be installed or not running' network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.17.1 OK - ------------------------- | General Dependencies | ------------------------- error: python3-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.5.2 MISSING 'python3-devel needs to be installed' libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - b'2.23' OK - python3-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.1.0 OK - error: cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - - MISSING 'cups-devel needs to be installed' python3-pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK - error: python3-pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4 needs to be installed' python3X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.5.2 OK - error: python3-pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 OPTIONAL 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4-dbus needs to be installed' error: libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 MISSING 'libusb needs to be installed' error: libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.0.2 MISSING 'libcrypto needs to be installed' error: python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - MISSING 'python3-notify2 needs to be installed' python3-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.0 OK - error: libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 - MISSING 'libnetsnmp-devel needs to be installed' error: libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - MISSING 'libjpeg needs to be installed' error: sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - MISSING ' needs to be installed' python3-reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.3.0 OK - sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK - error: cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - - MISSING ' needs to be installed' --------------- | COMPILEDEP | --------------- error: libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - - MISSING ' needs to be installed' make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.1 OK - error: gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 5.4.0 MISSING 'gcc needs to be installed' ---------------------- | Python Extentions | ---------------------- cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK - hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK - ----------------------- | Scan Configuration | ----------------------- scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK - '/etc/sane.d/dll.d/hpaio' not found. hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.16.3 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf' ----------------------- | Other Dependencies | ----------------------- ------------------------------ | DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES | ------------------------------ No Scanner found. -------------------------- | DISCOVERED USB DEVICES | -------------------------- No devices found. --------------------------------- | INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES | --------------------------------- HP-ENVY-Photo-7800-series ------------------------- Type: Unknown Device URI: usb://HP/ENVY%20Photo%207800%20series?serial=TH85N6V14S&interface=1 PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP-ENVY-Photo-7800-series.ppd warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/HP-ENVY-Photo-7800-series.ppd ppd file PPD Description: Printer status: printer HP-ENVY-Photo-7800-series is idle. enabled since Mon 22 Oct 2018 03:00:05 PM EDT warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend for HP-Devices. -------------- | PERMISSION | -------------- error: Unsupported model: ENVY_Photo_7800_series ----------- | SUMMARY | ----------- Missing Required Dependencies ----------------------------- error: 'libdbus-1-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libcups2' package is missing/incompatible error: 'python3-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libcups2-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'cups-bsd' package is missing/incompatible error: 'cups-client' package is missing/incompatible error: 'python3-pyqt4' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libusb-1.0.0-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'openssl' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libsnmp-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'snmp-mibs-downloader' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libjpeg8-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libsane-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libcupsimage2-dev' package is missing/incompatible error: 'libtool' package is missing/incompatible error: 'build-essential' package is missing/incompatible Missing Optional Dependencies ----------------------------- error: 'python3-dbus.mainloop.qt' package is missing/incompatible error: 'python3-notify2' package is missing/incompatible Total Errors: 15 Total Warnings: 1 Done. $ sudo apt install python3-devel cups-devel python3-pyqt4 python3-pyqt4-dbus libusb libcrypto python3-notify2 libnetsnmp-devel DBUS dbus cups CUPS libjpeg sane-devel cups-image libtool gcc [sudo] password for bmike1: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for bmike1: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package python3-devel E: Unable to locate package cups-devel E: Unable to locate package python3-pyqt4-dbus E: Unable to locate package libusb E: Unable to locate package libcrypto E: Unable to locate package libnetsnmp-devel E: Unable to locate package DBUS E: Unable to locate package CUPS E: Unable to locate package libjpeg E: Unable to locate package sane-devel E: Unable to locate package cups-image