Bug#853783: ping

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Mon 27 Feb 2017 at 18:07:48 +0100, Svante Signell wrote:

> On Mon, 2017-02-27 at 17:58 +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
>
> > - Setting up the printer with socket://192.168.1.4, as detected when setting
> > up from localhost:631 makes the printer work, but the scanner is not found.
> > Printer works.
> >
> > - Setting up the printer with hp-makeuri (from hplip) and using
> > hp:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_MFP_M277dw?ip=192.168.1.4 as connection makes the
> > scanner detectable. Printer works, scanner detected. Works with 3.16.7 not
> > 3.16.9/3.16.11.
>
> Links found about this problem:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HpAllInOne, see Troubleshoot scanning

I'd be a lot more confident in the advice on this page if the outdated 
cupsys was not feature  and if "Network scanning" reflected present
reality.

> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2009-February/024117.htm
 
  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2009-February/024117.html

Worked in 2009. Try doing this with a non-Bonjour-enabled device in
2017!

Cheers,

Brian.