[sane-devel] Cannot get hp scanjet 8200 working

Wed Nov 9 21:12:30 UTC 2016

On 09/19/2016(Mon) 12:37 "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 7:43 PM, David Niklas <doark at mail.com> wrote:
> > I hate to be a pest but it's been two weeks, should I send this
> > somewhere else.
> >  
> >> Hello,
> >> I bought an hp scanjet 8200 from amazon and I can't get it to work.
> >> Here is a list of commands run and output lightly edited for brevity.
> >> Feel free to snip non relevant details.
> >> Thanks, in advance.
> >>
> >> % scanimage --version
> >> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.24; backend version 1.0.24
> >>
> >> % equery l PACKAGE
> >> media-gfx/sane-backends-1.0.24-r6
> >> media-gfx/sane-frontends-1.0.14
> >> media-gfx/xsane-0.999-r1
> >> media-gfx/simple-scan-3.18.2
> >>
> >> % uname -a
> >> Linux ulgy_thing 4.1.15-gentoo-r1-nopreempt-dav2 #1 SMP x86_64
> >> Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 2117U @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> >>
> >> % scanimage -v -d avision:libusb:004:029 > aa.pnm
> >> scanimage: open of device avision:libusb:004:029 failed: Operation
> >> not supported
> >>
> >> # In system log
> >> [scanimage] protocol/discovery/mdns.c 122: unable to add to multicast
> >> group: No such device_
> >>
> >> % sane-find-scanner
> >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [hp], product=0x0b01 [hp scanjet
> >> 8200]) at libusb:004:029
> >>
> >> DEBUG INFO
> >> avision   == 128
> >> sanei_usb == 128
> >> dll          Looked at, but not needed as there was no problem here
> >> AFAIK.
> >>
> >>
> >> ################# DEBUG ~50 lines
> >> ################################################### [avision] try to
> >> write src, count: 2. [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_write_bulk: trying to
> >> write 2 bytes [sanei_usb] 000 00
> >> 00                                           .. [sanei_usb]
> >> sanei_usb_write_bulk: wanted 2 bytes, wrote 2 bytes [avision] wrote 2
> >> bytes [avision] avision_usb_status: timeout 10000, 1 retries
> >> [avision] ==> (bulk read) going down ...
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_read_bulk: trying to read 1 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000
> >> 00                                              . [sanei_usb]
> >> sanei_usb_read_bulk: wanted 1 bytes, got 1 bytes [avision] <== (bulk
> >> read) got: 1, status: 0 [avision] adf_reset: write 2 complete.
> >> [avision] Timeouts: write: 30000, read: 30000, status: 10000
> >> [avision] try to write cmd, count: 10.
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_write_bulk: trying to write 10 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000 28 00 69 00 0A 0D 00 00 04 00
> >> (.i....... [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_write_bulk: wanted 10 bytes, wrote
> >> 10 bytes [avision] wrote 10 bytes
> >> [avision] try to read 4 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_read_bulk: trying to read 4 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000 00 00 02
> >> 40                                     ...@ [sanei_usb]
> >> sanei_usb_read_bulk: wanted 4 bytes, got 4 bytes [avision] read 4
> >> bytes [avision] avision_usb_status: timeout 10000, 1 retries
> >> [avision] ==> (bulk read) going down ...
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_read_bulk: trying to read 1 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000
> >> 00                                              . [sanei_usb]
> >> sanei_usb_read_bulk: wanted 1 bytes, got 1 bytes [avision] <== (bulk
> >> read) got: 1, status: 0 [avision] adf_reset: raw data:
> >> [avision]   [0] 00000000b   0o   0d  0x
> >> [avision]   [1] 00000000b   0o   0d  0x
> >> [avision]   [2] 00000010b   2o   2d  2x
> >> [avision]   [3] 01000000b 100o  64d 40x
> >> [avision] get_accessories_info: Waiting while ADF firmware resets...
> >> [avision] wait_ready: sending TEST_UNIT_READY
> >> [avision] filling command to have a length of 10, was: 6
> >> [avision] Timeouts: write: 30000, read: 15000, status: 15000
> >> [avision] try to write cmd, count: 10.
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_write_bulk: trying to write 10 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> >> 00                   .......... [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_write_bulk:
> >> wanted 10 bytes, wrote 10 bytes [avision] wrote 10 bytes
> >> [avision] avision_usb_status: timeout 15000, 1 retries
> >> [avision] ==> (bulk read) going down ...
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_read_bulk: trying to read 1 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000
> >> 00                                              . [sanei_usb]
> >> sanei_usb_read_bulk: wanted 1 bytes, got 1 bytes [avision] <== (bulk
> >> read) got: 1, status: 0 [avision] get_accessories_info: Maximum
> >> retries attempted, ADF unresponsive. [avision] sane_open: additional
> >> probe failed: Operation not supported scanimage: open of device
> >> avision:libusb:004:029 failed: Operation not supported [avision]
> >> sane_exit:
> >>
> >> ############### DEBUG 27 lines scanimage -h -d avision:libusb:004:029
> >> ############### [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_read_bulk: trying to read 1
> >> bytes [sanei_usb] 000
> >> 00                                              . [sanei_usb]
> >> sanei_usb_read_bulk: wanted 1 bytes, got 1 bytes [avision] <== (bulk
> >> read) got: 1, status: 0 [avision] adf_reset: raw data:
> >> [avision]   [0] 00000000b   0o   0d  0x
> >> [avision]   [1] 00000000b   0o   0d  0x
> >> [avision]   [2] 00000010b   2o   2d  2x
> >> [avision]   [3] 01000000b 100o  64d 40x
> >> [avision] get_accessories_info: Waiting while ADF firmware resets...
> >> [avision] wait_ready: sending TEST_UNIT_READY
> >> [avision] filling command to have a length of 10, was: 6
> >> [avision] Timeouts: write: 30000, read: 15000, status: 15000
> >> [avision] try to write cmd, count: 10.
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_write_bulk: trying to write 10 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> >> 00                   .......... [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_write_bulk:
> >> wanted 10 bytes, wrote 10 bytes [avision] wrote 10 bytes
> >> [avision] avision_usb_status: timeout 15000, 1 retries
> >> [avision] ==> (bulk read) going down ...
> >> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_read_bulk: trying to read 1 bytes
> >> [sanei_usb] 000
> >> 00                                              . [sanei_usb]
> >> sanei_usb_read_bulk: wanted 1 bytes, got 1 bytes [avision] <== (bulk
> >> read) got: 1, status: 0 [avision] get_accessories_info: Maximum
> >> retries attempted, ADF unresponsive. [avision] sane_open: additional
> >> probe failed: Operation not supported scanimage: open of device
> >> avision:libusb:004:029 failed: Operation not supported  
> >
> >
> It seems the avision backend is unmaintained again. You could try
> upgrading to a more recent version of sane, or one of our git
> snapshots, that sometimes helps.
> 
> allan

I installed the latest git snapshot, the problem persists.
Where do I go from here?

Thanks,
David