I have attempted to recreate this problem on my system. The first time I scanned an image I used xsane version 0.991 setting of line art. The image was poor quality. The second scan I did was in color and appears to be good.
The system that I used to test against the above issue was Kubuntu 7.04 fiesty. As of Sun, 7 Jan 2007 07:56:00 -0600 I believe all updates have been applied. I have enclosed the id of my scanner below. Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:0201 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 6200c Hope this helps someone. Unable to confirm at this point in time. Nathan Murray -- major usb detection problems in feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/78205 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs