Trouble with Sane, and Epson and Canon scanners (Solved)
- BarryK
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Yes, and probably have to make sure "parport_pc" module is loaded for parallel port scanner -- it is for me as I have a parallel port printer and the Printer Wizard causes the parport module to get loaded at bootup.
Okay, I gotta finish the Scanner Wizard!
...this should be done by Pup 1.0.4!
Umm, there are such things as SCSI scanners aren't there?
...are these rare enough to pretend there aren't any?
Okay, I gotta finish the Scanner Wizard!
...this should be done by Pup 1.0.4!
Umm, there are such things as SCSI scanners aren't there?
...are these rare enough to pretend there aren't any?
Just a thought... Do we really need a scanner wizard since xsane detects the presence and type of scanner automatically (once the module is loaded). Could we just have a script that the xsane start menu points to instead of actually pointing to xsane? The script could then load the module and start xsane.BarryK wrote: Okay, I gotta finish the Scanner Wizard!
...this should be done by Pup 1.0.4!
- BarryK
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Yeah that's true, like a simple question, that only has to be asked once "Do you have a usb or parallel-port scanner, or both?" -- or maybe that can be autodetected ...hmm, yes, could be -- the "find scanner" program only works for usb scanners, so if that fails then it either isn't supported or it's a parallel-port scanner ...yeah, no need for a Wizard!
Epson 1200
Hello Ive tried the correction for my epson 1200 scanner, the strange thing is
sane-find-scanner works,it recognized the epson 1200,but when i do the follow
up scanimage(Xsane) it doesn't recogonize the Epson. Stranger still is works with Mepis.
The diff between the distro's is the dir structure and the Epson libs are more
current in Mepis. One could change the libs in Puppy,don't know if this is the
right approach.Being new at Unix would I have to recompile the Kernel,or
use the Util depmod,insmod to include the updated libs. Right now I am
guessing as to how to fix this problem,any help would be appreciated
Maybe this a dumb question,but it would be dumb if one didn't ask
M_flower
sane-find-scanner works,it recognized the epson 1200,but when i do the follow
up scanimage(Xsane) it doesn't recogonize the Epson. Stranger still is works with Mepis.
The diff between the distro's is the dir structure and the Epson libs are more
current in Mepis. One could change the libs in Puppy,don't know if this is the
right approach.Being new at Unix would I have to recompile the Kernel,or
use the Util depmod,insmod to include the updated libs. Right now I am
guessing as to how to fix this problem,any help would be appreciated
Maybe this a dumb question,but it would be dumb if one didn't ask
M_flower
Re: Epson 1200
Those are the same symptoms I was having. Did you download and install the scanner.o.gz file that Barry posted? After that you then need to load the module. Also, what version of Puppy are you using?M_flower wrote:Hello Ive tried the correction for my epson 1200 scanner, the strange thing is
sane-find-scanner works,it recognized the epson 1200,but when i do the follow
up scanimage(Xsane) it doesn't recogonize the Epson. Stranger still is works with Mepis.
The diff between the distro's is the dir structure and the Epson libs are more
current in Mepis. One could change the libs in Puppy,don't know if this is the
right approach.Being new at Unix would I have to recompile the Kernel,or
use the Util depmod,insmod to include the updated libs. Right now I am
guessing as to how to fix this problem,any help would be appreciated
Maybe this a dumb question,but it would be dumb if one didn't ask
M_flower
Hi thanks for responding , if I change the epsons libs to a latter version, do
I have to recompile the kernel ,that was my orignal question? or can I just
use the Utils depmod ect. Anyway I tried PcLinux os-81 a new distro and you guessed it ,the Epson 1200 worked. What the difference are don't know,well
keep you posted.
Thanks
M_flower
I have to recompile the kernel ,that was my orignal question? or can I just
use the Utils depmod ect. Anyway I tried PcLinux os-81 a new distro and you guessed it ,the Epson 1200 worked. What the difference are don't know,well
keep you posted.
Thanks
M_flower