Unable to get USB printer/scanner to be detected (SOLVED)

xelados · 2008-01-10 03:46:56

I checked out the wiki page on USB scanners, and thus typed in "sane-find-scanner". This gave me input that was relatively, well, sane.

[root@sporkbox xelados]# sane-find-scanner

  # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x7e04 [Deskjet F4100 series]) at libusb:001:002
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

My printer/scanner is an HP Deskjet F4140 model, and is connected through USB. When I type in "scanimage -L" as outlined in the wiki page, it tells me that no devices were found. What can I do to get this thing to work? I'd rather not go over to Windows just so I can scan a drawing...

EDIT: Yes, I do have udev installed.

Last edited by xelados (2008-01-15 21:16:10)

mico · 2008-01-10 08:41:42

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-428679.html

Install hplip. Then you may need to run hp-setup from the hplip package. Check wiki for another HP printer/scanner, some sections should apply to your device too:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HP_Photosmart_2575

mianka · 2008-01-11 20:29:24

See also the HPLIP page:http://http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/inkjet_aio.html

xelados · 2008-01-15 21:15:42

After installing hplip, making sure I was in the 'lp', 'scanner', and 'printer' groups, and relogging in, I was able to use my printer/scanner combo with no problems! Thanks a lot, guys.

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#1 2008-01-10 03:46:56

Unable to get USB printer/scanner to be detected (SOLVED)

#2 2008-01-10 08:41:42

Re: Unable to get USB printer/scanner to be detected (SOLVED)

#3 2008-01-11 20:29:24

Re: Unable to get USB printer/scanner to be detected (SOLVED)

#4 2008-01-15 21:15:42

Re: Unable to get USB printer/scanner to be detected (SOLVED)

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