[sf-lug] Hi; about that printer you got for your setup?

[Alex Kleider]

Thanks for the tip(s,) Akkana. My scanner is an Epson (I think it's model 2450) that my wife had working very well connected to her MacPro before she upgraded to a newer model. I'm away from it currently but will try what you suggest when I get back to it at the end of the week. I don't know much about udev but will try to figure things out.
cheers,
alex
a_kleider at yahoo.com


--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:

> From: Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Hi;  about that printer you got for your setup?
> To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 7:12 PM
> > Quoting Alex Kleider (a_kleider at yahoo.com):
> > > Scanners: BAD! I have an Epson scanner that I'd
> like to put into use
> > > but I've been unsuccessful. There was an article
> about this subject in
> > > Linux Journal recently but that didn't help. 
> 
> Rick Moen writes:
> > The key is to research the driver support in SANE,
> preferably in its
> > current stable version rather than just the
> development (git) version,
> > _before_ acquiring hardware -- and not buy bottom-end,
> difficult, or
> > eccentric (e.g., all-in-one designs, ones connecting
> via parallel ports,
> 
> Even with good scanners that are well supported by SANE,
> it's common
> for scanners to show up with the wrong permissions. Most
> distros
> don't seem to test scanners much. Alex, have you tried
> running
> sane-find-scanner or just xsane as root?
> 
> If it works as root but not as a normal user, you might
> need to make
> a udev rule. I had to do that for my Epson Perfection 2400
> in Hardy
> (yes, I know Hardy was a long time ago, but I've been
> upgrading that
> machine since then so I still have the old udev rule):
> http://shallowsky.com/blog/linux/scanning-on-hardy.html
> 
> If the udev rules attached to the bug don't have a rule for
> your
> scanner, add one using the vendor and product IDs from your
> scanner.
> You can get those IDs from lsusb when the scanner is
> plugged
> in and turned on (find the line from your scanner and look
> for
> the ID 058f:6362 part -- that's vendor:product) or by
> running dmesg
> after you turn your scanner on.
> 
>     ...Akkana
> 
> _______________________________________________
> sf-lug mailing list
> sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug
> Information about SF-LUG is at http://www.sf-lug.org/
>