Ran hp-setup again and this time the printer did not get detected even with the host name of the printer provided in the advanced setup. hp-setup -i also failed.
$ hp-setup
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.6)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
Copyright (c) 2001-14 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
(python:2930): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_get_direction: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=(None) desc=0, method=mdns)
error: No devices found on bus: net
Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=HP2C5A39 desc=2, method=mdns)
error: No devices found on bus: net
Done.
Tried again using manual detection of IP address. It was detected with manual install. Installed the printers. Scanning failed with exact same error as before and I cannot scan at all with this version of the driver.
So, in answer to the question posed about a reference to another web page, the answer is: "No. it has not a whit to do with the suggestion on post #5 of that other web page. This is something far more serious. What that is, I do not know."
Rebooted machine.
Ran hp-setup -r
Ran hp-setup again and this time the printer did not get detected even with the host name of the printer provided in the advanced setup. hp-setup -i also failed.
$ hp-setup
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.6)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
Copyright (c) 2001-14 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
(python:2930): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_ widget_ get_direction: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(python:2930): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_ widget_ get_direction: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(python:2930): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_ widget_ get_direction: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(python:2930): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_ widget_ get_direction: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=(None) desc=0, method=mdns)
error: No devices found on bus: net
Searching... (bus=net, timeout=5, ttl=4, search=HP2C5A39 desc=2, method=mdns)
error: No devices found on bus: net
Done.
Tried again using manual detection of IP address. It was detected with manual install. Installed the printers. Scanning failed with exact same error as before and I cannot scan at all with this version of the driver.
So, in answer to the question posed about a reference to another web page, the answer is: "No. it has not a whit to do with the suggestion on post #5 of that other web page. This is something far more serious. What that is, I do not know."