try just running scanimage without the -T: scanimage > test.pnm
If that does not work, you might try it locally connected via usb, just to make sure it is compatible. allan On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:41 PM, John McCreesh <jpmcc at users.sf.net> wrote: > Trying to use a nice shiny new Epson SX515W printer/scanner/copier device > from an Ubuntu 9.10 64bit laptop: > > $ scanimage -V > scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.20; backend version 1.0.20 > $ scanimage -L > device `epson2:192.168.0.10' is a Epson PID flatbed scanner > $ scanimage -T > scanimage: scanning image of size 632x877 pixels at 1 bits/pixel > scanimage: acquiring gray frame, 1 bits/sample > scanimage: reading one scanline, 79 bytes... ? ?FAIL Error: Error during > device I/O > $ > (SX515W LCD shows 'Scanning' but device is hung and needs to be powered off) > > Any suggestions how to proceed gratefully received... > > Thanks - John > > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"