Bhushitd :
stillblue :
Short answer.
Install hplip.
Connect HP printer to computer
Turn it on.
Your participation finished, printer installed.
Done exactly the same printer is working fine but what about scanner, how to take scans ??
I believe xsane is already installed, if not
sudo apt-get xsane
Now for a front-end to it to make it friendly. Many of your programs have an acuire from scan option, for example in Libre office Insert -> picture ->from scan
Other graphic programs have similar options.
For a stand alone
sudo apt-get install simple-scan