Rolf Bensch wrote: > Hi David, > > Please check the used sane version with 'scanimage -V'.
dhdurgee at DHD-Z560 ~/Downloads $ scanimage -V scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.22; backend version 1.0.22 > Your scanner should be detected from sane 1.0.23 with 'scanimage -L'. > You can do a testscan with 'scanimage >pic.pnm'. I would prefer xsane as > grafik frontend for sane. > > You can fetch the latest sane version 1.0.24 from git. The installation > is described in README.linux: http://www.sane-project.org/README.linux. > There comes a newer version of README.linux with the sources from git. > > Cheers, > Rolf I went to the download section of the sane-project site and see: "Most Linux distributions package SANE with modifications required to support their authentication or permissions systems. We recommend you use the vendor's packages. If you need a more updated version of SANE, be prepared to build from source, and ask on a distro-specific forum for advice." Given this, I guess I need to post on the mint forums to ask about an update from 1.0.22 to a more current version. I will get back to the list after I see what responses I get there. Dave
