sudo sh -c 'cd /usr/share/hplip/data/models; sh /home/till/ubuntu/hplip/create_hal_global_fdi_from_models.dat > /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-hplip-scanners.fdi'
and removed a spurious "models.dat" from the first line of the resulting .fdi file. Then I have replugged the printers, restarted HAL, but never got "scanner" into "info.capabilities" lines in the output of "lshal".
I have run the SUSE script
sudo sh -c 'cd /usr/share/ hplip/data/ models; sh /home/till/ ubuntu/ hplip/create_ hal_global_ fdi_from_ models. dat > /usr/share/ hal/fdi/ preprobe/ 10osvendor/ 20-hplip- scanners. fdi'
and removed a spurious "models.dat" from the first line of the resulting .fdi file. Then I have replugged the printers, restarted HAL, but never got "scanner" into "info.capabilities" lines in the output of "lshal".