problems with scanner detection

[lusunrose]

Hi @ll

I've installed the xsane image scanner from synaptic.

I have an artec eplus 48u scanner and when I tried to scan pics using Kooka, it never worked. I read in some topics of this forum, that I should try this xsane, but I always get this error:

failed to open device 'artec_eplus48u:libusb:001:004':invalid argument

How could I get my scanner recognized

Thank you in advance...

[bootdoc]

Re: problems with scanner detection

don't know much about scanning But.... have you tried kooka. It works really well. Don't know if it will help you.
Charlie

[claydoh]

Re: problems with scanner detection

http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfg...Z-ARTEC-ULTIMA
You will need a firmware file from your windows install or the scanner's driver disc.
more info from here:
http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane...plus48u.5.html
Once you have found the file you need, (Artec48.usb) you have 2 options:

The easiest is to simply edit the file /etc/sane.d/artec_eplus48u.conf with sudo (right-click on it, then Actions- Edit as root) and change the line 'option artecFirmwareFile' to pont to where you have the file. For example:

option artecFirmwareFile /home/lusunrose/Artec48.usb

The other (better) option is to create the directory /usr/share/sane/artec_eplus48u/ and then move the file there. Either run 'kdesu konqueror' from the "run command" on the Kmenu, or from a konsole:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/sane/artec_eplus48u/
sudo cp /path/to/the_file/Artec48.usb /usr/share/sane/artec_eplus48u/

That should get you up and running, and either Kooka or Xsane work well