<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Joe!</div><div><br></div><div>I think the goal here is first to get scanimage to work using the SANE drivers. Once that does, Xscan and Xsane will follow.</div><div><br></div><div>So make sure you installed scanimage and if your distro has sane-backends, install that as well (it should have if your distro's package manager handles dependencies).</div><div><br></div><div>Once you have that, open a Terminal window and type in: scanimage -h</div><div>Just let it cook if it pauses. It will probe for a scanner.</div><div><br></div><div>When it's done, copy/paste the "List of available devices" that shows at the end and reply back with it. (If you're not familiar with terminal windows, let us know)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM Brad Rogers <<a href="mailto:brad@fineby.me.uk">brad@fineby.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:53:47 -0600<br>
Joe Zeff <<a href="mailto:joe@zeff.us" target="_blank">joe@zeff.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hello Joe,<br>
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>Xsane setup is asking for a Printer ICM-profile. Is this something I <br>
>actually need, or can I ignore it if I have the proper drivers?<br>
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Sorry to say, but this is where my knowledge runs out, I'm afraid. I've<br>
no idea how to proceed from that point. I've never seen (to my<br>
recollection) xsane ask for such a thing.<br>
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I'm sure Thierry, Tricia or Ralph (1) will know.<br>
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(1) in no order other than the one in which they came to mind as having<br>
been involved in this discussion. My apologies if I forgot somebody.<br>
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