[sane-devel] HP Revisited

[terrencev at ak.net]

 	I know I've posted on this before, but I'm still fighting with 
this HP 5200 after all, since I lost my other scanner option to a lot of 
things changing at the place I could go to scan.  I'm using Oralux, a 
Knoppix-based distro, and an HP5200 that I bought about 6-7 years ago. 
When I try to scan with it, I get the following:
$ scanimage >test.ppm
scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O
$ scanimage >test.ppm
scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O
$ scanimage >test.ppm
scanimage: no SANE devices found
$ scanimage -L
device `hp:libusb:001:002' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5200C flatbed 
scanner
$ scanimage >test.ppm
scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O
$ scanimage >test.ppm
scanimage: no SANE devices found
 	Sane-find-scanner gave me the following:
found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=0x0401 [HP 
ScanJet 5200C]) at libusb:001:002
 	A subsequent "scanimage -L" returned "device `hp:libusb:001:002' 
is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5200C flatbed scanner".
 	When I'm actually trying to scan with it, e.g. "scanimage 
>test.ppm", it kind of half starts up like it's going to scan and then 
just sits there.  Occasionally it'll actually get around to moving a 
little, but that was only the first time or 2.  And just now, when I 
wasn't even touching it, it decided to make a little noise.
 	I know I've probably asked some of this before, but maybe I didn't 
ask it right or didn't read something right.  What makes it do this?  How 
can I fix it?  If you need any more info I'll get that to you as well.

Thanks,
Terrence