Comment 2 for bug 1874254

Hello Brian,

brian_p <email address hidden> writes:

>> Please can you confirm I need the binary driver to scan with this printer
>> model?
>
> The hp_laserjet_mfp_m227-m231 entry in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat
> confirms this is the case. scan-type is 5. This uses the non-free
> SOAP2 protocol.

OK thank you for the check. Please is there some documantation about
models.dat fields, for example that scan-type 5 means SOAP2 protocol?

>> Please what can I do to buy a binary driver free MFP printer?
>
> If it is put on the network, it is highly likely your device will do scanning
> without a non-free plugin. See https://github.com/alexpevzner/sane-airscan.
> I use this SANE backend on Debian with great success. I am very interested in
> how it works for you.

\O/ It works!

I installed sane-airscan from the custom Debian repo found in that
Github page and it worked... immediatly!

It's even better than with libsane-hpaio since libsane-hpaio AFAIU does
not work with saned; I already had a working saned service for my
previous USB scanner and now the very same service works with this eSCL
driver. Fantastic!

Thank you very much for the information, you save my day! (and my
multifunction printer :-) )

[...]

Best regards. Giovanni.

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Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures