HP Color Laser MFP178NW anyone uses it ?

[jmbl47]

Hi folks !

I'm compelled to change my printer and I was wondering if anyone has used this one "Hp COLOR LASER MFP178NW" with Mint 20.3 and what's your opinion about it ?

I need a printer/scanner, laser is compulsory, color is a big plus, and budget is tight. So far, on paper, this printer fits all the criteria, but having a true user experience would help a lot.

Thank you very much to you all.

[stephanieswitzer]

Not the same printer but I have an HP Colour LaserJet Pro connected to my network and it works perfectly on both my wifi and wire connected Linux and Mac devices.

[jmbl47]

Ok, thank you.

[jmbl47]

Ok, I got the printer at last, but still have some issues with it :

- works fine as a printer but only while USB connected, no chance to use the wifi,
- can't access the scanner,

Tried to use the installer from HP Developers Portal, as suggest in Mint user documentation web page, but it crashed on step 9, giving me "error: 'make' command failed with status code 2"

Any idea of what I should do ?

[brian_p]

Any idea of what I should do ?

Provide the output of

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driverless

on a wireless connection.

[jmbl47]

Sorry for asking a dumb question but how do I get a terminal command on a wireless connection ?

[brian_p]

Sorry for asking a dumb question but how do I get a terminal command on a wireless connection ?

All that is needed is a network connection. This may be done with the ptinter's ethernet port.

However, for the time being, we can revert to using the USB connection. Install ioo-usb and sane-airscan and give what you get for

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lpstat -t

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scanimage -L

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airscan-discover

BTW, the Color Laser MFP178nw is not supported by HPLIP.

[jmbl47]

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ioo-usb

Fail to find that one

"BTW, the Color Laser MFP178nw is not supported by HPLIP"

That's why I wanted to install HP plugin-in from HP developer web site

[brian_p]

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ioo-usb

Fail to find that one

Typo; ipp-usb.

[jmbl47]

Ok, output as follows :

lpstat -t

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no system default destination
matériel pour HP-Color-Laser-MFP-178nwwifi? : ipp://HP508140DB0C37%20(HP%20Color%20Laser%20MFP%20178%20179)%20(USB)._ipp._tcp.local/
matériel pour HP-ColorLaserJet-MFP-M178-M181 : serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
HP-Color-Laser-MFP-178nwwifi? accepte des requêtes depuis jeu. 08 déc. 2022 02:44:58
HP-ColorLaserJet-MFP-M178-M181 accepte des requêtes depuis jeu. 08 déc. 2022 02:46:32
printer HP-Color-Laser-MFP-178nwwifi? is idle.  enabled since jeu. 08 déc. 2022 02:44:58
printer HP-ColorLaserJet-MFP-M178-M181 is idle.  enabled since jeu. 08 déc. 2022 02:46:32
	File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/hpps" not available: No such file or directory

scanimage -L

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device `escl:http://localhost:60000' is a HP 08140DB0C37 (HP Color Laser MFP 178 179) (USB) platen scanner
device `airscan:e0:HP508140DB0C37 (HP Color Laser MFP 178 179) (USB)' is a eSCL HP508140DB0C37 (HP Color Laser MFP 178 179) (USB) ip=127.0.0.1

airscan-discover

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[devices]
  HP508140DB0C37 (HP Color Laser MFP 178 179) (USB) = http://127.0.0.1:60000/eSCL/, eSCL

[brian_p]

device `airscan:e0:HP508140DB0C37 (HP Color Laser MFP 178 179) (USB)' is a eSCL HP508140DB0C37 (HP Color Laser MFP 178 179) (USB) ip=127.0.0.1

Can you scan with

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simple-scan "airscan:e0:HP508140DB0C37 (HP Color Laser MFP 178 179) (USB)"

[jmbl47]

The answer is yes, but : the software doesn't quit properly and I can scan only one document, meaning I have to quit then launch the software again if I want to scan something again.

[brian_p]

The answer is yes, but : the software doesn't quit properly and I can scan only one document, meaning I have to quit then launch the software again if I want to scan something again.

simple-scan is used by Document Scanner. Its dropdown menu at the centre of the page offers an eSCL entry. Plerase try it.

[jmbl47]

As already stated, Simplescan works, but less than perfectly : problemq while quitting, 1st try scanning NEVER works, etc...

[brian_p]

As already stated, Simplescan works, but less than perfectly : problemq while quitting, 1st try scanning NEVER works, etc...

Somewhat disappointing. Install xsane and try that.

[jmbl47]

Seems to work all right, although I'm utterly unfamiliar with the interface, so...

[brian_p]

Seems to work all right, although I'm utterly unfamiliar with the interface, so...

Your issue was being unable to access the scanner. sane-airscan now gives you such access. I wonder whether adding [SOLVED] to the subject line is appropriate?

[jmbl47]

And open a new thread for the wifi connection I guess ? Ok, thanks.