Xsane on Kunbuntu

[alec]

Hi,

I have moved from Suse to Kunbuntu and now have what is for me a fully functional desktop in which I can work. With one exception.

I need to do a small amount of copying in the course of my work. Using KDE in Suse I used Xsane as the scanning front end because it is less fiddly than Kooka, it is a useful tool with the Gimp, and it has a good copy facility. I cannot get Xzane to copy either in Kunbuntu or in Unbuntu.

Every time I try I get three error messages:


Broken Pipe
Error during save
Failed to execute printcommand lp0

I have fiddled with the preferences and used different commands to invoke the printer but nothing seems to work.

Any help I can get with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

[jeremy]

Re: Xsane on Kunbuntu

As an alternative you could try 'gimp2.0-quiteinsane' which is in the repositories.

[alec]

Re: Xsane on Kunbuntu

Thanks, but I have quiteinsane installed already and use when scanning photos.

It does not have the copy facility I want, and I don't know how to get the gimp to print anyway. There not being a printer diolgue in it that I can find.

If possible I would like to get xsane to copy to print if possible?

[rar]

Re: Xsane on Kunbuntu

Hi,

I've found a work around until someone realises this is a problem...

Its command line...

scanimage -d hp:/dev/sg0 |pnmtops |lp -d LaserJet

obviously replacing printers and devices...

Hope this helps someone!

Richard

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[jeremy]

Re: Xsane on Kunbuntu

...I don't know how to get the gimp to print anyway. There not being a printer diolgue in it that I can find.

To get gimp to print you have to install gimp-print from the repos.