[sane-devel] Re: xsane not detecting usb scanner

[Charles Duffy]

JKD wrote:
> I suppose you are using hp3900 series backend. This backend is still
> unstable so it's not already included in SANE project. May be
> sane-find-scanner finds the device but you haven't installed properly
> the backend.

If the backend were not installed correctly, "scanimage -L" would not 
have detected the device, since (unlike sane-find-scanner) it uses the 
SANE backends for detection.