Comment 9 for bug 256541

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:07 PM, whardier <email address hidden> wrote:
> The daemon just dies on me.. I'm using the following:
>
> Product Name: HP LaserJet M2727nf MFP
> ...
> Firmware datecode: 20080612
>
> I finally got my tmpdir sorted out.. perl modules installed.. finally
> getting the error:
>
> scanimage: open of device
> hpaio:/net/HP_LaserJet_M2727nf_MFP?ip=10.0.0.39 failed: Error during
> device I/O
>
> Yay!.. It took quite a bit to get that far.. is there a resolution? I
> used ADF 300 PDF

Unfortunately it seems that the partial support for this scanner
(first showed up in 2.8.6) was "not intended to be released" according
to HP:
  http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=849275

I had originally tried this using hpijs 2.8.6 (where it worked), and a
little while afterwards HP released 2.8.6b which removed all the beta
code I had managed to get working. To be honest it's pretty un-cool
for HP to actively remove support for devices that were now possible
to get working, even if the support for said devices is pretty flawed.
 The open-source motto *is* "Release Early, Release Often" after all.
I had worked around the flaws well enough for it to be significantly
useful and was keeping a bug and patch list to forward upstream. Now
I'm intentionally staying on 2.6.8 to keep the scanner working until
HP get around to re-releasing that code. Since they did publish it
under GPL there's nothing to keep you from installing the original
2.8.6, as long as you accept that there is no warranty and it may kill
your dog, steal your firstborn, or nuke your disk drives.

Good luck!

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett