On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:22 PM, VK <list-sane-devel at kutty.cc> wrote: > VK <list-sane-devel <at> kutty.cc> writes: > > > I'll need to find some time over the weekend to tinker further, but my > hopes > of > > success are dimming since a Windows machine originally used with it can no > > longer see it either. > > > > If there's a trick to resetting this to a factory default state, that might > help. > > > > > Problem solved -- it was a defective unit. Exchanged for a new sample that > behaves better. > > > sane-find-scanner finds it. > > scanimage partially works. Correctly identified lack of paper, but when I > inserted a sheet and tried again, it started feeding the sheet and stopped > with > the error below: > > ----------- > # ./scanimage -p -T > scanimage: sane_start: Document feeder out of documents > # ./scanimage -p -T > scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument > # > ----------- > > I tried a few different times. I'm not familiar with scanimage. The reason I > tried test mode was because my initial "scanimage -p > /tmp/test.pnm" failed > with the same error as above about sane_start. Hopefully this is not user > error.
scanimage --help will give you a list of options. The default mode is LineArt, which does not work in the current sane version. Try something like: scanimage --mode color --resolution 150 > test.pnm > Also, is there a way to force a full feed of the sheet currently in the > scanner? > When the above happens, it seems to be treated as a jam. I didn't want to > forcefully pull it out, so turning off + on the unit is the only option. There is a tab to lift, which opens the paper intake, above the blue button. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
