anthony coates wrote:
> i have just bought this scanner and i can not get that far i can not
> even scan
> enything when i debug epson=255 scanimage -L
> i get pnmo is a no name pnm file reader virual device and
> i get pnm1 is a no name pnm file reader virtual device
> what am i doing wrong if you could drop me a line i would be grateful
> thanks---tony
1) I have used distribution with usb support : kernel >= 2.2.18,
slackware 7.1, Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0
2) enable usb support test : ls /proc/bus/usb
give you : 001/ 002/ devices driver
3) cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
tell you with scanner connected to USB ( normally at the end ) :
vendor = 0x4b8 product=0x10c
Perfection 640
4) lsmod to see if the module : scanner is loaded
if not you should type :
modprobe scanner vendor=0x4b8 product=0x10c
5) you must have device definition : /dev/usb/scanner0
to create it : mknod /dev/usbscanner0 c 180 48
chmod 666 /dev/usb/scanner0 ( max global permission depend on you
)
you can create a general link : ln -s /dev/usb/scanner0
/dev/usbscanner
6) you should have /etc/sane.d/epson.conf ( location depends on
distribution )
enable at the and of this file : /dev/usbscanner
7) you are ready :
scanimage -d epson --mode gray > gray.pnm : 10-20 second
and scanner start
scanimage -d epson --mode color > color.pnm :
or more flexible and with preview : xscanimage
in both cases ( scanimage and xscanimage )
opening generated color files with
GIMP ( other programs give error too )
show a messagge : PREMATURE END OF FILE
and is not possible to see.
Best regards
Pierfrancesco Tateo
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