I tried unplugging the printer and rebooting, but I get the same response from scanimage -L
I tried commenting out all the lines in sane.d/dll.conf except for plustek_pp, same response (although the printer is now plugged in again). Here also is lsmod: Module Size Used by binfmt_misc 15248 1 rfcomm 45600 0 l2cap 30464 5 rfcomm bluetooth 59268 4 rfcomm,l2cap ipv6 300416 10 ppdev 11400 0 powernow_k8 12992 0 cpufreq_userspace 9184 1 cpufreq_stats 8264 0 freq_table 6464 2 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave 3328 0 cpufreq_ondemand 9768 0 cpufreq_conservative 10984 0 video 18824 0 tc1100_wmi 9096 0 sony_acpi 7188 0 pcc_acpi 16128 0 hotkey 13768 0 dev_acpi 15364 0 container 6272 0 button 8864 0 acpi_sbs 24600 0 battery 12296 1 acpi_sbs ac 7176 1 acpi_sbs i2c_acpi_ec 7040 1 acpi_sbs ntfs 101376 1 nls_iso8859_1 6656 2 nls_cp437 8320 3 vfat 16768 2 fat 57136 1 vfat dm_mod 63176 1 md_mod 76792 0 lp 15040 0 af_packet 28172 2 snd_seq_dummy 5508 0 snd_seq_oss 38372 0 snd_seq_midi 11456 0 snd_seq_midi_event 9984 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 64088 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_via82xx 32936 1 gameport 19216 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec 110396 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_bus 4096 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 59424 0 snd_mixer_oss 20608 1 snd_pcm_oss parport_pc 40816 1 snd_pcm 104584 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 29064 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 13968 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm snd_mpu401_uart 10368 1 snd_via82xx parport 44172 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc snd_rawmidi 31648 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 11280 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi tsdev 10240 0 snd 68576 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device pcspkr 3592 0 psmouse 40324 0 serio_raw 9732 0 usbhid 43040 0 i2c_viapro 11416 0 shpchp 51360 0 pci_hotplug 33168 1 shpchp i2c_core 26624 2 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_viapro soundcore 13216 1 snd via_rhine 28164 0 mii 7680 1 via_rhine sg 43696 0 evdev 14464 1 ext3 145936 3 jbd 70952 1 ext3 ide_generic 2816 0 ehci_hcd 36232 0 uhci_hcd 36640 0 usbcore 147004 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd ide_cd 35744 0 cdrom 41144 1 ide_cd via82cxxx 10884 0 [permanent] sd_mod 21504 8 generic 7300 0 sata_via 12036 14 libata 85536 1 sata_via scsi_mod 160504 3 sg,sd_mod,libata thermal 16524 0 processor 29224 2 powernow_k8,thermal fan 6408 0 capability 7176 0 commoncap 9728 1 capability vga16fb 15120 1 cfbcopyarea 5120 1 vga16fb vgastate 10368 1 vga16fb cfbimgblt 4224 1 vga16fb cfbfillrect 5760 1 vga16fb fbcon 43136 72 tileblit 4096 1 fbcon font 9984 1 fbcon bitblit 7424 1 fbcon softcursor 3712 1 bitblit Gerhard Jaeger wrote: > On Thursday 20 July 2006 17:35, Immanuel CRC Office wrote: >> I have an HP 1200 Laser Jet printer and Plustek OpticPro 9636P+ scanner. >> (scanner is supported by backends) >> >> The scanner is connect first to the parallel port, and then the printer >> is connected to the scanner. >> >> The printer works without a hitch. >> >> When I do scanimage -L I get: >> device `hpaio:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0' is a hp >> HP_LaserJet_1200 multi-function peripheral >> >> Is it not possible to connect two parallel devices in serial to connect >> to the scanner? >> >> If it is, I do not know how to proceed. I do not have pt_drv module >> installed, but I'm not clear if I need that. I seem to have the right >> backends, and I've removed the # from the plustek_pp in >> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf file. >> >> Ubuntu AMD64 6.06 (Dapper) >> Sane and XSane installed >> > Hi, > > there have always been problems in chaining HP devices. In general it is > possible, but sometimes the switching does not work. > I remember a statement from Plustek Taiwan, where they suggested to > put in a second parallelport adapter. > > BTW. does the scanner work w/o the printer? > > Gerhard > > > > -- Crystle Numan Administrative Secretary, Immanuel CRC 61 Mohawk Rd. W. Hamilton ON L9C 1V9 905-385-0662 [email protected] http://immanuelministries.ca
