Comment 15 for bug 1747060

In an earlier post Martin said
  > No such info is in the manual, at least I couldn't see it.

As far as the manual is concerned, it does not mention "scanning from a computer". Therefore, it can be assumed it is not offered as a facility. (But people do not buy a multifunction printer on the basis of what is in the manual, so many, like me, would expect to be able to scan from a computer because the machine has a scanner and that is what multifuntion devices do. Let the buyer beware!)

Martin also said
  > Topic can be closed with note, that this printer does not support scanning over USB nor
  > network.

It is not the only one! A quick look at /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat shows that almost the complete class of Enterprise multifunctions has "scan-src=0" and "scan-type=0". My understanding of these two parameters is that they indicate a scan from computer-enabled device. "=0" says they are not enabled. There are non-Enterprise devices like this too.

Someone deep in the bowels of HP must know the reason for this; I'm intrigued with the reason. Perhaps HPLIP support could help us out and use their resources to seek out the cause. Is it technical? Is scan to a network folder thought to be good enough for anyone? Is scan from a PC not wanted with such high-end machines? Basically, is the device designed to scan from a computer? And if not, why not?

Another thing I'm intrigued with is the status of the M575 on the network. Would you please try the following, Martin?

1. Connect the M575 to the network with an ethernet cable (have AirPrint enabled). The machine should pick up an IP address via DHCP.

2. Download avahi-utils and run 'avahi-browse -art | less'.

3. Your printer should show up as "PDL Printer" and "Internet Printer". A scanner would be "_scanner._tcp"; is this entry there?

Thanks in advance.

Brian.