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I have an HP multifunction printer/scanner M1123 MFP. I installed the latest hplip that should support it and also hp-plugin. However, when I plug the device in, I only see a CDROM detected in dmesg. lsusb only shows "Hewlett Packard" without anything else.

This is one of those devices that shows up as a CDROM and then auto-installs the driver on Windows.

Is there some command to make it switch from CDROM/USB memory more to "Printer/scanner" mode? xsane reports that it fails to find any device.

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Please add information about the OS you are using. – rozcietrzewiacz Oct 20 '11 at 10:49
Apparently it is not supported on old Slackware 12.1 kernel. I installed Slackware 13.37 and everything works out-of-the-box. – Milan Babuškov Jan 10 '12 at 10:24

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If your system has proper kernel modules loaded, it should be enough to run eject /dev/sr0 (assuming /dev/sr0 is the printer's virtual cdrom device - see dmesg to check this). You will probably need root privileges for that (run with sudo).

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Since kernel was the problem, this answer is closest to the real thing, so I'll accept it. Thanks. – Milan Babuškov Jan 10 '12 at 10:26
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The HPLIP faq say there is a menu option for other printers (the HP A530 / A630). Did you see an option in the printer menu for disabling "Software Install Mode"?

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