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How to install hp scanjet 200 in Ubuntu 12.04?

Unable to scan with hp scan-jet 200. When I type lsusb command in terminal it shows the scanner details. I opened the simple scan which displays no scanners found, and x sane image scanners also displays the same error.
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Network scanner (Canon) stops after upgrade from 15.04 to 15.10

I have just upgraded Kubuntu 15.04 to 15.10 - all very nice. The machine is working well, and I can print to the Canon pixma mx420 with no problems as before, but both Skanlite and xsane return errors. xsane returns: Failed to open device…
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Using Canon LIde 700F with xane over USB

I know, I know, I should have never gotten a Canon to connect to a Linux box... But the SANE supported-scanners doc said that the CanoScan 700F is supported "Good". I took that to mean that it can scan at all but the highest res setting (9600 dpi).…
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Scanner of Epson ET-2750 doesn't work - "sane_start: Invalid argument" - Kubuntu 20.04

I'm trying to scan a document with a Epson ET-2750-Scanner using xsane. I always get the errorcode: "Invalid argument". Printing with the ET-2750 works fine, just scanning doesn't. I've tried connecting it over USB or Wifi, it doesn't make a…
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scan multiple pages using the scan button on DCP-7065DN and xsane

I have a Brother DCP7065DN scanner/printer and I'm running xsane under Kubuntu 14.04. I have several pages to scan. I want to be able to initiate the scan of each page from the scanner using its SCAN button rather than from the program. That's so…
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Xsane only opens when I run it as root

When I run Xsane as root it works. When I launch Xsane as a user other than root I get the following error message: failed to open device 'brother4:bus7;dev1':Invalid argument I am using Ubuntu 14.04 The scanner part of my Brother HL-2280DW…
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SCX-4521F scanner is not working ubuntu 14.04 amd64

I installed the Samsung Unified Driver for the scx 4521F and printing works. Neither program can find a scanner though: sane-find-scanner, SimpleScan and Xsane all reporting "no scanner found" Also running all three as root produces the same…
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Brother MFC-7420 Scanner on Ubuntu 12.04: Invalid Argument

I have a Brother MFC-7420, which also works as a scanner. I have attached this machine to a computer running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit via USB. I installed the following package: brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb Now when I start xsane, the device is detected.…
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access to Canon i-Sensys MF645 scanner via network

I'm sorry, I tried many things but without success, and could use some help. I have a Canon i-Sensys MF645Cx multifunction printer / scanner connected via my home LAN. Printing worked out-of-the-box, now I wanted to use the scanner. I installed from…
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No scanner in Gimp 2.10 Bionic

In 18.04, have a networked Brother MFC-J870DW, which works fine in gscan2pdf, Simple Scan & Gimp 2.8. However, Gimp 2.10 can't find it. Meaning, there is no scanner listed when I select File > Create. I suspect I need to point Gimp to xsane.…
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Xsane Menu exceeds screen size. Unable to move or resize it

When utilizing the manual controls when using Xsane, the menu for these controls exceeds my screen size. Normally, I just use ALT plus the left mouse button to move the menu up above the top menu bar. However, the top of the menu has become locked…
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How to configure ufw to allow xsane to reach scanner?

I could not find any clear answer through prior research. Xsane fails to find the scanner with ufw enabled, works great with ufw off. I have opened 6566 for both tcp and udp in ufw. Still no joy. I could not tell from watching the "listening…
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Scanimage works, but Xsane or any other UI does not

I moved from 12.10 to 14.04 and have a Canon Canoscan LiDE 25. It worked fine with Xsane on 12.10. Now I have the strange effect that I can use the scanner with scanimage all the time, but as soon as I use Xsane or any other frontentd, it does only…
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Xsane in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS; can't resize standard options window

Xsane generally works fine, but sometimes, it loses window sizes. In the $HOME/.sane/xsane directory, there is a ".drc" file for the Xsane, and it does have things…
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Using Xsane with HP network scanner results in JPEG artifacts

I'm confused, I used Xsane for years with a USB MFP scanner. No problems! A bit dated and confusing multi window UI, but okay. Now for some reason I get PNG images with artifacts on this new printer/scanner and searching the Internet gives me no…
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