If your scanner doesn't work

[willie42]

Might want to make a new thread

[dwflo]

Anyone get a Microtek ScanMaster 4900 working?

dwflo

[SeaJulien]

Hi,
I have a Brother DCP-130C multifunction printer, and just installed it on my new LMDE install.
It works fine except I need to be root to scan...
I know the instructions of editing a udev rule, but nor of the ones mentioned in the Brother documentation are on my /etc/udev/rules.d/
So does anybody knows what to change to make it working ?
Thanks...

[allypink]

Ok folks. Here's your chance. I need to get myself a photo scanner to scan old family photos for future security. What's the best scanner for Linux Mint 10?
I would like something that works out of the box and does good quality scans. There has to be one. I await your collective advise.

[Elisa]

Try to check this too, if u mean hw:

http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
http://wize.com/reviews/best-scanner-linux

In generally, most HPs are ok.

If sw, 'simple scan' does its job however I always make other corrections/optimizations in Gimp

[allypink]

Try to check this too, if u mean hw:

http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
http://wize.com/reviews/best-scanner-linux

In generally, most HPs are ok.

If sw, 'simple scan' does its job however I always make other corrections/optimizations in Gimp

Thanks Elisa. Plenty of examples on the supported devices page. I will check and see what's available in my area.
Al.

[MyR]

I have an all-in-one printer (Deskjet F4280); It scans OK with sane.
However pressing the scan button on the printer doesn't do anything. I was wondering if anyone here could help with this?

Thanks

[snapman]

I've installed a Brother printer/scanner DCP-135C in Linux Mint 9 but I can only scan as root.

I've read through this thread but can't work out what might solve the problem in Isadora. Any advice would be much appreciated.

[snapman]

I've installed a Brother printer/scanner DCP-135C in Linux Mint 9 but I can only scan as root.

I've read through this thread but can't work out what might solve the problem in Isadora. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Answering my own question...

Installed sane, libsane and libsane-extras. One of those did the trick and Xsane now works with the Brother DCP-135C.

[Yeticannotski]

Dear All,

I was able to print out-of-the-box with a Lexmark X203n on my LMDE system, but I am not able to scan. Lexmark seems to have a Network Scan function, but I cannot connect the printer to the router. In the geography of my tiny apartment, is either USB or nothing.

I have followed the instructions in the thread, including creating the file "/etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules" and adding the following line to it:

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# Lexmark X203n
SYSFS{idVendor}=="043d", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0149", MODE="666", GROUP="scanner"

When I try "sudo-sane-find-scanner" I get the following output:

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# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x0483 [STMicroelectronics], product=0x2016 [Biometric Coprocessor]) at libusb:007:002
found USB scanner (vendor=0x043d [Lexmark International], product=0x0149 [Lexmark X203n]) at libusb:002:004
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.


However, neither Xsane nor Simple Scan are able to communicate with the scanner. Any ideas?

This is particularly frustrating because this multifunctional was expressly indicated as linux-supported (they even printed a Tux in the side of the box!!!).

[donec]

I have an HP Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m. It prints via the wireless just fine. It is seen by Simple Scan and in GIMP. When I try and scan with Simple Scan "Failed to scan unable to connect to scanner. When I click on change scanner it shows HP Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m. In reading this thread I found some lines to run via terminal and here is the results...

don@NV53A-MINT ~ $ uname -a
Linux NV53A-MINT 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
don@NV53A-MINT ~ $ sane-config --version
The program 'sane-config' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install libsane-dev
don@NV53A-MINT ~ $ sane-find-scanner

# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

# No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup
# the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.

# Not checking for parallel port scanners.

# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program.

# You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
# found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
# necessary.
don@NV53A-MINT ~ $ scanimage -V
scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.21; backend version 1.0.21
don@NV53A-MINT ~ $ scanimage -L
device `hpaio:/net/Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m?ip=192.168.1.17' is a Hewlett-Packard Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m all-in-one
don@NV53A-MINT ~ $

I also ran sudo apt-get install libsane-dev via terminal and it installed without error.
Any help in getting my scanner to work via wireless would be appreciated.

[jp734]

I have a usb flatbed scanner. Not the printer/fax/scanner type. All I had to do was download the .BIN file for the scanner, saved it somewhere in my harddrive and edit the snapscan.conf file under /etc/sane.d.

# Change to the fully qualified filename of your firmware file, if firmware upload is needed by the scanner
firmware /usr/share/sane/snapscan/your-firmwarefile.bin #EDIT THIS PART AND TYPE THE DIRECTORY AND FILENAME FOR YOUR SCANNER.

That's all I had to do and reboot was not needed.

[jenszer]

My printer has also a scanner and the problem is only the scanner don't work, but of i would print a document the printer will work. What would be the possible reasons why my scanner wont work? The last time I scan is I guess 5 photos, after that it doesn't work already.

[kingsthane]

For those with Brother scanners I just solved my DCP7030 problem. The solution was on their website, but took just a little rooting around to find it. Here's the Linux Mint post:

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=92593&p=531351#p531351

Hope this helps, cheers

[OldgitTom]

Noob query;

can I get a ten-year old Canon Lide 20 scanner working in Linux Mint 12?

I am not optimistic. Even trying to update the old Wins XP driver, from the Canon site, was a futile exercise. So now, can it be used with Linux? I have the OE Canon disk, but the driver unloads with the Wins scanning software. AFA I can see, no separate driver on the CD, not that I would have much idea where to put it.

If so, next step will be asking if it will scan into Libre Writer. I managed that on Wins XP, scanning direct into Word 2007, but it was not easy. But first things first, like Simple Scan.

Any suggestions received with thanks, especially if they are simplified for the nearly clueless.

[OldgitTom]

Solved: searching the net, read that my battered old Canon Lide 20 scanner does indeed work in Linux. All that was required was installing SANE, from Software Manager. That done, off it goes. Well, early days yet. Picture crop in Simple Scan allows me to select, but not cut. Clicked Help box, but that file is apparently missing.

But lovely! Libre Writer has direct scan-in of images. Terrific stuff, or will be when I work out how to do it properly. All I usually did with pix in Wins was crop & resize. The Msoft Word image-edit widgets for that were very good & quick. Could/should have been the basic image-editing tool, except you could not 'Save as' jpeg file, only Word format. Good old Bill; a free fly in every ointment!

[ashjeny]

Please give me more details this topic.because my scanner not work properly.

[OldgitTom]

ashjany,

sorry, I just noted your enquiry. I'm afraid I have very little experience, so can add little to above posts, except as said - download SANE scanner with SOFTWARE MANAGER (s/where on your desktop). If that doesn't work, for any problems with particular scanners, you may have to post another query.

[R9Devyatka]

Greetings. I'm trying to use a 12 yr old Genius Color-page vivid III EPP model.

The fact is than i tried to move the files suggested in the first threads but i have no results.

My system is a Lisa (mint 12) 64bit edition.

i'm not sure if this scanner definitively doesnt work on a 64 bit system (since i tried on windows with no result).

Thanks for your answers.

[hcmonteiro]

Hi guys,

Just solved another problem in my linux mint 13 mate. I've got a Canon Lide 100 that wasn't working folowed the instrutions that i've read here:


Installed sane, libsane and libsane-extras. One of those did the trick and Xsane now works with Canon Lide 100.

Thanks Guys. More and more this is becoming a perfect system. Fast and reliable.