Problem with Canon Scanner FB630P

[Valterego]

Hello!

I have a problem with my scanner Canon CanoScan FB630P. The system doesn't recognize it, and obviously Kooka.
It's a parallel port scanner and the driver seems to be present in the system (etc/saned, the files are already uncommented, dll.conf & canon_pp.conf).

Suggestions?

Thanks very much in advance.

[david-emm]

Re: Problem with Canon Scanner FB630P

How to install a Canon 640P parallel port scanner on Kubuntu 7.04.
(Should also work on Ubuntu 7.04 and Canon 602 and 630 parallel scanners).

First
Open a terminal session shell and login as root

Second
Open the file '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'. Look for the line that begins '#canon_pp' and delete the '#' symbol. This is the sane driver that makes a canon parallel port scanner look like a usb scanner. Save the modified file.

Third
Open the file '/etc/group'. Look for the line that begins 'plugdev:46:haldaemon'. Insert on a new line 'usb:47:saned' Make sure that the are no other lines using the number 47. Save the modified file.

Fourth
Change to the '/dev' directory and look for the parport0 entry (ls -l parport0 ).
It will look like this 'crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 2007-10-14 14:45 parport0'.
Change the owner and group to your login and usb (chown your_login:usb parport0).
The entry should now look like 'crw-rw---- 1 your_login usb 99, 0 2007-10-14 14:45 parport0'.

Fifth
Execute 'scanimage -L'. After a few seconds you should get the following response
"device `canon_pparport0' is a CANON N640P flatbed scanner"

Now run GIMP 'File - Aquire - Xsane - Device Dialog. Gimp should now find the scanner and a new window 'xsane 0.991 N640Parport0' should open. There is also a preview window which may open automatically. If not 'Window - Show preview window' should open it. Before scanning execute 'Quality calibration' then 'Aquire preview' Seems that initially GIMP opens for grayscale scanning so select full colour if wanted.

Unfortunately the setting 'crw-rw---- 1 your_login usb 99, 0 2007-10-14 14:45 parport0' will revert to 'crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 2007-10-14 14:45 parport0' on the next boot and you will have to 'chown' this entry as detailed above to operate the scanner - or write a small file to do this for you when booting.