Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : how to activate for Gentoo : further thoughts

[allan gottlieb]

On Sat, May 06 2017, Philip Webb wrote:

> 170506 Mick wrote:
>> On Friday 05 May 2017 19:27:47 Philip Webb wrote:
>>> There is a pkg  media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-x820  for a V600 :
>>> I could take the V550 back & exchange it for a V600
>>> & try to install Iscan + data + that plugin.
>> If you are going to change it, isn't there a HP device out there
>> that Just Works™ with the hplip and potentially the hplip-plugin packages?
>
> Very unlikely : I have an HP printer, which also copies & can scan,
> but it isn't supported by Sane-backends & would require much work.

Do you have hplip and hplip-plugin merged?
I have SANE_BACKENDS="" and can scan from the glass with no problems
  (I can't figure out how to use the sheet feeder for multiple pages)

My hp all-in-one is an 8600.

allan