Scanner Problem

robert1305 · 01-22-2011, 11:13 AM

I have a 3in1 Epsonsx415, the printing part works perfectly but Ubuntu 10.10 will not detect the scanner.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Samotnik · 01-22-2011, 11:17 AM

Have you installed SANE? It's not usually installed by default, so you should do it manually.

markush · 01-22-2011, 02:32 PM

Hello robert1305,

you'll have to check if the scanner is recognized with root-permissions

Code:

sudo sane-find-scanner

or

Code:

sudo scanimage -L

if this works with sudo (with root permissions) but not as a normal user, be sure to add the user to the groups "scanner" and "lp". You can check the groupmembership of a user with

Code:

groups

Markus