On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 10:42:24PM +1200, Rob Kampen wrote: > > On 09/26/2015 10:08 PM, Meikel wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > >for some time I used a HP 2840 AiO device, connected via LAN, to > >scan documents. As scanning application I use xsane. I want to > >replace that HP scanner by a CanoScan LiDE 210. > > > ># LANG="" yum info libsane-hpaio > >... > >Installed Packages > >Name : libsane-hpaio > >Arch : x86_64 > >Version : 3.14.6 > >Release : 3.el6 > >Size : 148 k > >Repo : installed > >From repo : base > >Summary : SANE driver for scanners in HP's multi-function devices > >URL : http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ > >License : GPLv2+ > >Description : SANE driver for scanners in HP's multi-function > >devices (from HPOJ). > > > >Now I connected CanoScan LiDE 210 Scanner via USB cable to my > >CentOS 6 workstation. > > > ># dmesg | tail --lines=15 > >... > >usb 3-1: new high speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd > >usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=190a > >usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 > >usb 3-1: Product: CanoScan > >usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Canon > >usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > >... > > > >After opening xsane it seems to be connected to the HP Scanner. I > >can not find any options for choosing another scanner device. From > >http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html I can see that > >CanoScan LiDE 210 is supported by genesys 1.0-63. From my > >understanding on CentOS the genesys backend is included in > >sane-backends: > > > ># LANG="" yum info sane-backends > >... > >Installed Packages > >Name : sane-backends > >Arch : x86_64 > >Version : 1.0.21 > >Release : 3.el6 > >Size : 4.4 M > >Repo : installed > >From repo : anaconda-CentOS-201410241409.x86_64 > >Summary : Scanner access software > >URL : http://www.sane-project.org > >License : GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and Public Domain > >Description : Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) is a universal > >scanner interface. The > > : SANE application programming interface (API) > >provides standardized > > : access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed > >scanner, > > : hand-held scanner, video and still cameras, > >frame-grabbers, etc.). > > > >The sane-backends is installed, but I can not "see" the scanner: > > > ># scanimage -L > >device `hpaio:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_2840?zc=NPI9AC264' is a > >Hewlett-Packard HP_Color_LaserJet_2840 all-in-one > > > >I have no idea what I can do now. It is not clear to me if > >sane-backends package really includes the required genesys 1.0-63 > >version. > > > >Any help to make the new scanner work is appreciated. > > > My Cannon printer / scanner needed an application from Cannon called > scangear in order to work - Cannon doesn't play well with Linux, > they have proprietary ways of doing things. > Then the scangear results need to be massaged extensively so you can > attach it to an email as the typical scan is huge / photo quality > and no options to produce something like my Ricoh copier does with a > scan to pdf / email. > I will not buy Cannon products again. > >Regards, > > > >Meikel Yeah. if they don't care about us, why should we care about them? Only reason I bought the Canon LiDE 210 was because it had "full" support from SANE. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge -----------------------------