Comment 15 for bug 85488
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| André Barmasse (barmassus) wrote Canon N1240U scanner does not scan, too | #15 |
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Bug is confirmed in Ubuntu Feisty with a Canon N1240U Scanner. The scanner is recognized when plugged in ("dmesg" and "lsusb" list it correctly), but scanning with any GUI (xsane, gnomescan or from within GIMP) is not possible. Using "scanimage" from the command line works, but even that sometimes needs a kick off by first invoking "sane-find-scanner" and then "scanimage -L". After that, the scanning starts smoothely.
Until the kernel/sane problems are solved I propose a small workaround. Edit the file .bashrc in your home directory and add the following alias (everything on one line, modifications of are up to you):
alias scan='scanimage --format tiff --resolution 300 -x 215 -y 297 > ~/Desktop/
From now on you can scan an image by simply typing "scan" in the command line. The file will be saved as TIFF with a resolution of 300 dpi as scanned_image to your Desktop. And dont' forget: If it doesn't scan, you have to try "sane-find-scanner" and/or "scanimage -L" first. Good luck!