USE=fax is not the only feature to require dev-python/reportlab. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. configure printer/scanner for hplip 2. emerge -C reportlab if you have it installed for some other reason 3. hp-scan -s pdf Actual Results: hp-scan reports error "scanning to pdf requires ReportLab"
+ 09 Feb 2013; Daniel Pielmeier <billie@gentoo.org> hplip-3.12.11.ebuild, + hplip-3.12.11-r1.ebuild: + USE=scanner needs dev-python/reportlab. This fixes bug #455306. Thanks to + Leho Kraav for the report.