[sane-devel] How to fix "Device busy"?

[Simon Matter]

> On 12/18/18 3:54 PM, ken wrote:
>> Trying to run a scan to an HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 (though I'm thinking
>> that's irrelevant), I get a failure.  The last message I get is this:
>>
>> Page 1: Scanning...
>> error: SANE: Device busy (code=3)
>> Closing device.
>> Return status of hp-scan command was 0 Exiting....
>>
>> Looking for more info, I try this:
>>
>> $ scanimage -T -vvv
>> scanimage: sane_start: Device busy
>> Closing device
>> Calling sane_exit
>> scanimage: finished
>>
>> The scanner/printer isn't seeing any kind of scanner event, so I'm
>> thinking that sane_start isn't even getting off the PC, not sending
>> anything to the scanner/printer.
>>
>> I've tried rebooting both the printer/scanner and the PC, but the error
>> condition remains exactly the same.
>>
>> In /var/log/messages there is this:
>>
>> python: hp-scan[19042]: warning: Invalid value for br-x (br-x > max
>> value of 215). Using 215.
>> python: hp-scan[19042]: error: SANE: Device busy (code=3)

Hi,

hp-scan is part of the hplip package. I think it's not directly related to
SANE so you may have more luck asking the hplip people for help.

Regards,
Simon