diff -up hplip-3.12.6/scan/sane/hpaio.c.ipp_accessors hplip-3.12.6/scan/sane/hpaio.c
--- hplip-3.12.6/scan/sane/hpaio.c.ipp_accessors	2012-06-18 12:42:51.000000000 +0200
+++ hplip-3.12.6/scan/sane/hpaio.c	2012-07-19 17:12:34.557848760 +0200
@@ -47,6 +47,43 @@
 #define DEBUG_DECLARE_ONLY
 #include "sanei_debug.h"
 
+#if (CUPS_VERSION_MAJOR > 1) || (CUPS_VERSION_MINOR > 5)
+#define HAVE_CUPS_1_6 1
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_CUPS_1_6
+#define ippGetGroupTag(attr)  attr->group_tag
+#define ippGetValueTag(attr)  attr->value_tag
+#define ippGetName(attr)      attr->name
+#define ippGetString(attr, element, language) attr->values[element].string.text
+
+static ipp_attribute_t * ippFirstAttribute( ipp_t *ipp )
+{
+    if (!ipp)
+        return (NULL);
+    return (ipp->current = ipp->attrs);
+}
+
+static ipp_attribute_t * ippNextAttribute( ipp_t *ipp )
+{
+    if (!ipp || !ipp->current)
+        return (NULL);
+    return (ipp->current = ipp->current->next);
+}
+
+static int ippSetOperation( ipp_t *ipp, ipp_op_t op )
+{
+    ipp->request.op.operation_id = op;
+    return (1);
+}
+
+static int ippSetRequestId( ipp_t *ipp, int request_id )
+{
+    ipp->request.any.request_id = request_id;
+    return (1);
+}
+#endif
+
 static SANE_Device **DeviceList = NULL;
 
 static int AddDeviceList(char *uri, char *model, SANE_Device ***pd)
@@ -186,8 +223,8 @@ static int GetCupsPrinters(char ***print
    /* Assemble the IPP request */
    request = ippNew();
 
-   request->request.op.operation_id = CUPS_GET_PRINTERS;
-   request->request.any.request_id  = 1;
+   ippSetOperation( request, CUPS_GET_PRINTERS );
+   ippSetRequestId( request, 1 );
 
    ippAddString(request, IPP_TAG_OPERATION, IPP_TAG_CHARSET, "attributes-charset", NULL, "utf-8");
    ippAddString(request, IPP_TAG_OPERATION, IPP_TAG_LANGUAGE, "attributes-natural-language", NULL, "en");
@@ -197,20 +234,20 @@ static int GetCupsPrinters(char ***print
    if ((response = cupsDoRequest(http, request, "/")) == NULL)
       goto bugout;
 
-   for (attr = response->attrs; attr != NULL; attr = attr->next)
+   for (attr = ippFirstAttribute ( response ); attr != NULL; attr = ippNextAttribute( response ))
    {
       /* Skip leading attributes until we hit a printer. */
-      while (attr != NULL && attr->group_tag != IPP_TAG_PRINTER)
-         attr = attr->next;
+      while (attr != NULL && ippGetGroupTag( attr ) != IPP_TAG_PRINTER)
+         attr = ippNextAttribute( response );
 
       if (attr == NULL)
          break;
 
-      while (attr != NULL && attr->group_tag == IPP_TAG_PRINTER)
+      while (attr != NULL && ippGetGroupTag( attr ) == IPP_TAG_PRINTER)
       {
-         if (strcmp(attr->name, "device-uri") == 0 && attr->value_tag == IPP_TAG_URI && AddCupsList(attr->values[0].string.text, printer) == 0)
+         if (strcmp(ippGetName( attr ), "device-uri") == 0 && ippGetValueTag( attr ) == IPP_TAG_URI && AddCupsList(ippGetString( attr, 0, NULL ), printer) == 0)
             cnt++;
-         attr = attr->next;
+         attr = ippNextAttribute( response );
       }
 
       if (attr == NULL)