[SOLVED] Difficulty getting scanner to work with Debian
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I'm finding that the program Simple Scan does not recognize my scanner. It sounds like it is running, but a flag comes up that says "does not recognize scanner," or something like that. How do you download Gimp? I went to their webpage but I didn't see a clear indication for how to download the recent Linux program.
I'm finding that the program Simple Scan does not recognize my scanner. It sounds like it is running, but a flag comes up that says "does not recognize scanner," or something like that.
Not sure what the problem is there. You might need to post the exact error message. Simple-scan is just a graphical front-end for SANE, just like xsane. It is the sane-backend (user-space scanner driver) that communicates with the scanner device.
There should be a simple-scan.log file in the ~/.cache/simple-scan/ directory. That might be more telling. Try removing any existing config eg ~/.cache/simple-scan/state
You can clear it all out with
Code:
rm -rf ~/.cache/simple-scan
This will get recreated the next time simple-scan is started anyway.
Seems to be working passably well, except that scanned image comes up very large at 100%. How do you scan more than a single page to be included as one document? I can't figure out how to do that. If there are, say, six pages to the document, how can I scan them in xsane under the same document heading? Thanks again!
Here is what I get when I try to run simple scan...hmmm...I'm having trouble pasting a screen shot I took of the message! Why can't I just drag the png file into this thread?
Yes, but I was trying to post a screen shot that illustrated why simple-scan isn't working on my computer. It's strange because the computer recognizes my scanner but somehow when I hit "scan" on simple scan the scanner just runs for what seems a prolonged period and then comes up with this flag that says 'scan failed.' Are there parameters that have to be set before you hit 'scan'?
I appreciate your assistance. I tried running the text you suggested in #36 but it did nothing. Do you think a reinstall of simple-scan might help? If so where is the best source for downloading? Thanks for yoiur attention!
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