Solution found to Q1 above: Run: sudo apt-get install -f
Chose to keep existing (i.e. not update to 'correct' version) version of lbsane-hpaio and Synaptic was happy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069898 Title: regression: cannot open network scanner with error "unable to read device-id ret=-1" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1069898/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs