While attempting to scan a document with my newly purchased HP Deskjet 3070 All-in-One Printer B611b from my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop I learned three things:

• There’s an excellent scanning software for Linux called XSane
• Ubuntu 12.04 comes with the drivers for most HP printers already built in, so there was nothing else needed other then launcing XSane and scanning the document

• hplipopensource.com contains the latest HP drivers for Linux just in case you don’t have the relevant driver for you printer pre-installed. The site even has a wizard which will guide you through to the driver you need to download and how to install it so your Linux can see your printer (I learned this from here)