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On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 06:35:12PM +0200, Roberto Di Biase wrote: > Hi all, I have a problem with my usb scanner. As described, I'm an > Artec Ultima 2000 flatbed owner and I'm trying to using it below > Ubuntu Linux 5.04 Hoary. > This scanner is a gt68xx chipset based (as you know) but the strange > thing is that if I try to find it on my shell using "scanimage -L", > this is the answer: device `gt68xx:libusb:002:004' is a Mustek > BearPaw 1200 CU flatbed scanner....!!! The makers of this scanner did not bother to set a proper USB ID for it (probably to save some cents on an EEPROM chip). > I'm trying to use the windows firmware but the scanner don't work. > The only way to be able to start with the xsane program is to use > the ps1fw.usb firmware. Using this, the program start and the > scanner too but when I try to scan, the only action I obtain is the > lamp on but no scansion because the scanner stay still with the > green light on. Then I obtain a grey image. > Can you help me? Did you uncomment the lines: override "artec-ultima-2000" firmware "ePlus2k.usb" in gt68xx.conf? Unfortunately, there are many cheap scanners which use the same USB ID (0x05d8 0x4002, apparently this is the default ID of the GT6801 chip); these scanners require manual configuration in gt68xx.conf. --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCsFjOW82GfkQfsqIRAiV9AJ4qmoOdcqFdHSeXakT4yyeGCMpXewCeNp29 bHKxn9XEjh8+LOhjpRJC6y4= =exhV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU--
