Please Help... issues after installing an HP Deskjet F4280
I just recently purchased a new printer for my computer, because my old Lexmark Z705 doesn't work well under linux, and it's semi-important to me to be able to have good quality, and accurate, printouts, which the lexmark simply didnt do (the fact that the ink costs more than a tank of gasoline didn't help it's case either). additionally, i desired a scanner, because my old scanner, a Visioneer 6100 recently failed on me.
So, after doing much searching, and hearing many nice things about HP printer support under linux, i decided on a HP Deskjet F4280 all-in-one printer, which is shown as having good support under the openprinting.org database, as well as underHP's HPLIP utility. So, i installed HPLIP from a fresh copy from the HP website, because the one in the ubuntu repos didnt support my printer (too old), but now i have a few issues.
The first issue that i'm having, which may or may not be related to this printer, is that any time i try to start xsane, it segfaults and crashes for no apparent reason. here's all that happens:
andrew@BEC-LIN:~$ xsane
Segmentation fault
andrew@BEC-LIN:~$
however, if i run xsane with the printer not connected/on, nothing outputs and it simply tells me that no device is available. I suspect this may have something to do with the fact that i had to manually add a driver/support for my old scanner, but i don't remember how to remove it. I've tried purging/
the second issue that i'm positive has to do with the installation of HPLIP is that my printer management window under "System >> Administration >> Printing" is gone. i have no idea where the menu item went, and im positive that i did not install it. therefore, im almost certain that the HPLIP installation removed it, but all i really want to know it how to get it back.
Any help on these issues would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Andrew
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