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[Kelly Price]

Hey Joe!

I think the goal here is first to get scanimage to work using the SANE
drivers.  Once that does, Xscan and Xsane will follow.

So make sure you installed scanimage and if your distro has sane-backends,
install that as well (it should have if your distro's package manager
handles dependencies).

Once you have that, open a Terminal window and type in: scanimage -h
Just let it cook if it pauses.  It will probe for a scanner.

When it's done, copy/paste the "List of available devices" that shows at
the end and reply back with it. (If you're not familiar with terminal
windows, let us know)

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM Brad Rogers <brad at fineby.me.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:53:47 -0600
> Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
>
> Hello Joe,
>
> >Xsane setup is asking for a Printer ICM-profile.  Is this something I
> >actually need, or can I ignore it if I have the proper drivers?
>
> Sorry to say, but this is where my knowledge runs out, I'm afraid.  I've
> no idea how to proceed from that point.  I've never seen (to my
> recollection) xsane ask for such a thing.
>
> I'm sure Thierry, Tricia or Ralph (1) will know.
>
>
> (1) in no order other than the one in which they came to mind as having
> been involved in this discussion.  My apologies if I forgot somebody.
>
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