[sane-devel] Plustek scanner - follow up

[Immanuel CRC Office]

m. allan noah wrote:
> 
> does the error occur as root if the printer is unplugged? stop plugging 
> that thing back in until we have the scanner working!
> 
> allan
> 

I will do more work on it today, but I needed to have the printer 
working yesterday, so I had to plug it back in. There are others in the 
office that need to print to it, so I have to have it working for them!

Crystle

> On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Immanuel CRC Office wrote:
> 
>> Okay, so I'm getting somewhere.
>>
>> Plustek OpticPro 9639P+, parallel port
>> using plustek_pp backend.
>>
>> I have to run all as root so far.
>>
>> scanimage -L gives:
>> device `plustek_pp:parport0' is a Plustek 9636P+/Turbo parallel port 
>> flatbed scanner
>> device `hpaio:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0' is a hp 
>> HP_LaserJet_1200 multi-function peripheral
>>
>> (Great! I have two connected in series to my parallel port. Printer 
>> still works. Ideally, I want both connected and both working, so we're 
>> getting somewhere.)
>>
>> When I do:
>> scanimage -d plustek_pp:parport0 -p > image.pnm
>>
>> I heard a bit of sounds from the scanner. Then I got:
>> scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O
>>
>>
>> 1. Still can only do stuff as root.
>> 2. Need to fix error.
>>
>> Ideas?
>> Crystle
>>
> 

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Crystle Numan
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