[sane-devel] FreeBSD 5.1R, SANE, Canon 1240U scanner

[m. allan noah]

make sure the plustek backend is actually getting loaded and check its 
error messages.

SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK=255 scanimage ... > /dir/file.pnm

allan

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Doug Carter wrote:

> I'm attempting to get the SANE scanimage v1.0.13 to work with a Canon 1240U
> scanner under FreeBSD 5.1R.
> 
> So far:
> 
> 1. The SANE backend installed without apparent error from the PORTS
> collection.
> 
> 2. The Canon 1240U doesn't appear in the uscanner list of supported
> devices but does in sane-plustek.
> 
> 3. sane-find-scanner returns:
> 
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x220e) at 
> libusb:/dev/usb0:/dev/ugen0
>   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported 
> by
>   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> 
> 4. Added the following to /etc/local/share/plustek.conf
> 
> [usb] 0x04a9 0x220e
> device auto
> 
> (note, I also tried /dev/usb0 and /dev/ugen0 in place of auto)
> 
> 5. scanimage -L returns:
> 
> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
> 
> (the scanner is plugged in and turned on)
> 
> ---Any suggestions?
> 
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