Dear SANE developers
 
I'm trying to get my hp scanjet 2100c flatbed scanner working with SANE under 
Ubuntu 8.04LTS but I realise I'm completely out of my depth.  I?m currently 
trying to find someone who could lead me through this maze in words of one 
syllable (or less).... 

SANE appears to recognise my scanner, but when I press 'scan' the thing just 
makes a 'clunk' and stops.  A similar noise is heard if I then press 'cancel'.  
It seems that someone else has experienced this before: 
http://newyork.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248834

I visited the SANE-project website and found a link to a backend that supported 
my scanner:
http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/plustek/    (backend file: 
plustek-usb-0.52-3.tar.tar).  Further reading revealed that this needed to be 
compiled into something that could be used by Ubuntu (something I?ve never done 
before). 

At this point I discovered the excellently-written  HowTo   document:  
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo.  My optimism soared (!) 
and I decided to have a go.  I got to the point in Step 3 where it says ?This 
newly-created directory will contain a file called 'configure'? - mine 
didn't(!!) As optimism gave way to desperation, I tried running anything that 
looked remotely like it might be a configuration file (as a few more besides).

If there?s anyone out there who can help, I?d be grateful if you?d get in touch.

Thanks

Mike
                                          
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