Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > >> This is my present idea of how to use my HP S20 scanner. It ran fine when >> I dual-booted to Windows ME, but switching to VirtualBox (Ubuntu host) and >> Win 2k stopped that. >> > > Denis, > > The HP Photosmart S20 is not supported by SANE as of 2008-01-18. > > Candidly, you'd be much better off (and spend less time and money) by > replacing that with a scanner known to work with Xsane. Check > http://www.sane-project.org/ for supported scanners; there are dozens of > them. > > Rich > [disclaimer: Your mileage may vary and this may be irrelevant to the discussion, but ...] Under Mandriva, there is an option to install the HP Device Manager which has the capability of scanning, camera card reading, and faxing, along with the usual printing (for appropriate HP devices, of course). Maybe this is available in other distros as well? Hope this helps Regards Fred James
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