[sane-devel] Difficulty with HP 5300C in Ubuntu - sane_start: error during device I/O

[m. allan noah]

sane-backends 1.0.23 is pretty old. it is possible a later version of
sane-backends might help.

allan

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Jon <uvlamp at qgenuity.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to use my HP 5300C to scan documents in Ubuntu. In the
> past, I had an older HP scanner working before, but it conked out.
>
> Whenever I try to capture an image, I get a variation of "error during
> device I/O"
>
> I've tried gscan2pdf, xsane, simple scan and scanimage.
>
> The only thing that works is the preview function in xsane. xsane's
> preview function produces a perfect image of the document on the scanner,
> but gives me no way to save. I can capture preview images again and again
> with no difficulty.
>
> When I try to do a full scan with xsane, the scanner makes noise, but
> stops partway through. A few minutes later, it produces "Error during
> read: Error during device I/O".
>
> With gscan2pdf on the flatbed or ADF, I get "error during device I/O" on
> attempts to scan.
>
> Once the system has produced "Error during device I/O", I have to power
> cycle the scanner to get any response at all.
>
> Here is the output of some relevant commands:
>
> scanimage -L: device `avision:libusb:001:022' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet
> 5300C flatbed scanner
>
> lsusb (removed other lines): Bus 001 Device 022: ID 03f0:0701
> Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5300c/5370c
>
> apt-show-versions libsane: (some other stuff) 1.0.23-3ubuntu3.1 uptodate
>
> apt-show-versions sane: (some other stuff) 1.0.14-9 uptodate
>
> scanimage -v -p > file.pnm:
> scanimage: scanning image of size 1272x1748 pixels at 24 bits/pixel
> scanimage: acquiring RGB frame
> Progress: 12.3%
> (never finishes)
> Afterwards, the scanner flashes its light 5 times. Flashing the light 5
> times is supposed to correspond to "Home sensor failure OR carriage
> locked"
>
> I'm looking for help getting this scanner working. Since the preview
> function works perfectly, the hardware must be capable of scanning.
>
> For my tasks, I need to use the ADF. However, finding a command that will
> let me save the preview would bring me at least a step forward.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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