[ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help Absolute Beginner Talk Question

Question [ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help ( Ubuntu Forums Absolute Beginner Talk )
Updated: 2008-11-23 01:45:18 (5)

[ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help

Hi, I have my ubuntu 7.1 Linux system up and running. My printer works fine. I have a new USB Scanner, a HP scanjet 3970. XSANE doesn't see it. I have searched and searched and cannot find any info on how to fix this. I am not a programmer. Can anyone tell me what to do?
Thanks in advance

Answers: [ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help ( Ubuntu Forums Absolute Beginner Talk )

[ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help

Please mark this thread as solved. Go to your first post and select thread tools. Open the menu and select thread solved.

Thanks.....

alienexplorers

[ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help

also, install and try kooka, it's another scanning program that is better imo than xsane.

timcredible

[ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help

YEOW !!!!!!!!! PROBLEM SOLVED!! Thanks! Finally a solution! The scanner works great. The previous advice I was getting was to type in lines of code in some window I didn't know how to find. You have saved me. It doesn't get any better than this!!!!!!!! Thanks a ZILLION!!
It would seem you are the only person that knows about this!!
John

lenny15

[ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help

Well first go to Synaptic and type sane into the search window. Now make sure you have hplip installed. (I'd also tick hplip-gui for installation, but I'm a gui guy) If it's not then tick it for installation. Then also tick libsane and libsane-extras.

In the description for libsane-extras it says:

Quote:

This package includes some backends that are not yet included into the
official SANE distribution. Currently, they are :
* epkowa (some EPSON scanners)
* geniusvp2 (Genius ColorPage-Vivid Pro II)
* hp_rts88xx (HP ScanJet 4400C, HP ScanJet 4470C)
* hp3900 (HP ScanJet 3970C, HP ScanJet 4070, HP ScanJet 4370)
* ls5000 (Nikon LS-5000 ED, Coolscan 5000 ED)

Cool huh?

kansasnoob

[ubuntu] In Dire Need of Scanner Help

I may be out for a while, so just in case that doesn't work (it should) the sane driver is here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/hp3900-series/

Instructions to build here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288751

Hopefully that won't be necessary. I suck at building from .deb and such!

kansasnoob

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