diff -up hplip-3.15.2/base/avahi.py.parsing hplip-3.15.2/base/avahi.py

--- hplip-3.15.2/base/avahi.py.parsing	2015-02-04 15:43:37.662551377 +0100

+++ hplip-3.15.2/base/avahi.py	2015-02-04 15:45:56.576564858 +0100

@@ -52,9 +52,14 @@ def detectNetworkDevices(ttl=4, timeout=

                              'status_code': 0, 'device2': '0', 'device3': '0', 'note': ''}

                         y['ip'] = ip

                         y['hn'] = bits[6].replace('.local', '')

-                        details = bits[9].split('" "')

+                        details = bits[9].rstrip ().strip ('"').split('" "')

                         for item in details:

                             key, value = item.split('=', 1)

+                            keyvalue = item.split('=', 1)

+                            if len (keyvalue) < 2:

+                                # Skip parts that don't match key=value

+                                continue

+                            key, value = keyvalue

                             if key == 'ty':

                                 y['mdns'] = value

                                 y['device1'] = "MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:%s;CLS:PRINTER;" % value