I have followed Allan's suggestions and the following results. It looks to me as if there are three scanners found by sane find but the first one is not being recognised. What should I do next!
Robin > robin@robin-desktop:~$ sane-find-scanner > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a7, product=0x0424) at libusb:005:005 > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1706 [MP750]) at > libusb:005:003 > found USB scanner (vendor=0x043d, product=0x002d) at libusb:001:007 > > robin@robin-desktop:~$ scanimage -L > device `pixma:04A91706_50900F' is a CANON Canon PIXMA MP750 > multi-function peripheral > device `gt68xx:libusb:001:007' is a Lexmark X73 flatbed scanner The above comments are in response to m. allan noah's email of 05/05/07 12:48 as quoted below: > at the prompt, as root: > > sane-find-scanner > > if the scanner shows up there, then try: > > scanimage -L > > and see if it shows there. > > allan > > On 5/5/07, Robin Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have three scanners on my Ubuntu standalone PC. The two being >> recognised >> are the Lexmark x73 and the Cannon Pixma750. My Visioneer XP450 is >> showing >> in the Device Manager of Ubuntu but does not appear in xsane or >> gscan2pdf. >> The Visioneer is supported by the Avision backend, which I assume is >> included in the Ubuntu package without me having to add anything. I have >> tried the Ubuntu support forum but have not had any helpful advice as >> to how >> to proceed. Can anyone here help me? >> >> Robin >> ________________________________ >> >> Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam protection. >> http://www.bluebottle.com >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list: [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> to [email protected] >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com
