On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> wrote: >> I'm using Arch Linux with the HP Officejet j4680 multifunction >> printer. sane-find-scanner returns "found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 >> [HP], product=0x2c12 [Officejet J4680 series]) at libusb:001:003" as >> it should, but scanimage -L produces only the line "device >> `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname USB 2.0 Camera virtual device", >> indicating my webcam. How can I remedy this problem? >> Alex Hudson > > Just a wild guess, if your scanner is supported by the hplip stuff then > you need to install it. scanimage -L may find the scanner but sane alone > without the hplip stuff can not make use of the scanner. >
Very close- just one correction: sane-find-scanner lists all the devices attached to the system which might be a scanner, including ones which are not supported by sane, and ones that are supported but drivers are not installed. scanimage -L on the other hand, will list only those scanners which are detected by the installed backends. However, the basic advice is correct- I bet you don't have the hplip software installed. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
