HP 5510 All in One

Things are certainly becoming more straightforward with Linux and hardware. I have managed to install an HP 5510 printer/scanner/fax/copier without too many setbacks.

SuSE 9.1 has an hp-officejet package that has the necessary software. Rather than using YasT to install, I used CUPS and the ptal utility.
One idiosyncracy is that after using the xsane scanner utility I have to switch the printer off and on again in order to print again.

Update
Following a request for more detail on how to setup the Officejet, I will try and provide that below. I didn't do it this time, but usually I keep notes on what I have done in order to get something working, otherwise I completely forget [not sure whether this is due to a sieve like memory, or a high level brain function that discards redundant information ;-) ] Anyway, here is my best recollection:

For SuSE 9.1 users, go to YaST and search for and install the hp-officejet package. This contains the ptal utilities required by the hpoj driver.

Documentation should then be found in file:/usr/share/doc/packages/hp-officeJet/ .
As explained in file:/usr/share/doc/packages/hp-officeJet/ptal-init.html you need to run ptal-init setup. Run ptal-init as root. This I seem to remember takes you through all the necessary setup, probing for USB devices etc.

After this, use CUPS to install the printer. To use CUPS, make sure it is installed and running. The runlevel utility in YaST-System can start the service if not already running.

As root you will also need to execute the command lppasswd -g sys -a root The root password is requested which you should enter. This gives root access to the CUPS utility. In a browser window then go to http://localhost:631/admin and enter the root password. I am not sure, but you may also be able to set CUPS to run with a different user.

It should then be possible to add a printer, and "ptal" will be one of the device options. This is the one to use.

If anyone follows this and is either successful, or finds that I have missed something, please let me know (leave a comment) and I will amend the instructions above so that we have a reliable resource for others.

One final thing, the /etc/sane.d/dll.conf file must be edited to enable the hpoj driver.