make sure the plustek backend is actually getting loaded and check its error messages.
SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK=255 scanimage ... > /dir/file.pnm allan On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Doug Carter wrote: > I'm attempting to get the SANE scanimage v1.0.13 to work with a Canon 1240U > scanner under FreeBSD 5.1R. > > So far: > > 1. The SANE backend installed without apparent error from the PORTS > collection. > > 2. The Canon 1240U doesn't appear in the uscanner list of supported > devices but does in sane-plustek. > > 3. sane-find-scanner returns: > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x220e) at > libusb:/dev/usb0:/dev/ugen0 > # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported > by > # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. > > 4. Added the following to /etc/local/share/plustek.conf > > [usb] 0x04a9 0x220e > device auto > > (note, I also tried /dev/usb0 and /dev/ugen0 in place of auto) > > 5. scanimage -L returns: > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > > (the scanner is plugged in and turned on) > > ---Any suggestions? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get some great ideas here for your sweetheart on Valentine's Day - and > beyond. http://special.msn.com/network/celebrateromance.armx > > > -- "so don't tell us it can't be done, putting down what you don't know. money isn't our god, integrity will free our souls" - Max Cavalera
