Sane
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Introduction
Sane provides a library and a command-line tool to use scanners under GNU/Linux.
Step 1: Check if sane supports your scanner
Check if sane supports your scanner
Step 2: Installation
sane is available in the extra repository so:
Step 3: Configuration
Users that need to use a scanner should be part of the group scanner. Use gpasswd to add a user to a group:
Now you can try to see if sane recognizes your scanner
If that fails, check that your scanner is plugged into the computer. You also might have to unplug/plug your scanner for /etc/udev/rules.d/sane.rules to recognize your scanner.
for HP hardware
For HP hardware you may also need to install the hplip package which is in the extra repository:
Users that need to use a scanner should be part of the group lp. Use gpasswd to add a user to a group:
- Don't forget to enable hpaio in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.
- Running hp-setup as root may help you add your device.
- hp-plugin is the 'HPLIP Plugin Download and Install Utility'.
- hp-scan is the 'HPLIP Scan Utility'.
TO BE COMPLETED
with http://wiki.frugalware.org/index.php/USB_scanner_works_only_as_root