[sane-devel] ScanMaker 3600

[m. allan noah]

On 2/9/07, Richard Werst <rbwerst at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is my first post to your list.
>
> Has there been any problems reported with the back end for the scanmaker
> 3600 in Fedora 6?
>
> The front end recognizes the scanner, and sends it a signal but the
> device doesn't actually do anything but make a clicking noise (it
> appears to be coming from the motor that drives the belt that moves the
> scanning mechanism).  It is the same on two machines running FC6, and
> the scanner works under XP,
>
> BTW typing "scanimage -L" into a terminal returns the name of the
> scanner, and running the front end as root does not make a difference.
>
> I have also removed the SANE program and reinstalled it (from an RPM)
> with no effect on the response.
>
> Any help would really be appreciated as I have searched for
> troubleshooting tips with out success.

try the man page for the backend:

man sane-sm3600

it mentions setting a debug var. try something like this:

SANE_DEBUG_SM3600=5 scanimage > foo.pnm 2 > sm3600.log

then look thru sm3600.log for hints, or if its small enough, post it here.

allan

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