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I have an old Canon N640 P ex scanner, that uses parport to connect. I have installed Sane and XSane.
I have also enabled canon_pp, after that I have also run sane-find-scanner, but it says:

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

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

I have tried to search also with XSane, but it also detects no scanners.

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I found the following possible answer Here

Working fine (installing, scanner and parallel port access)

open Terminal

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sudo apt-get install libsane libsane-extras libsane-extras sane sane-utils xsane xsane-common libieee1284-3

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sudo gedit / etc / sane.d / dll.conf '

In this file, we look for our scanner line (in this case canon_pp) and uncomment (remove the # sign in front).
Save and close the file.

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sudo gedit / etc / sane.d / canon_pp.conf '

In this file, uncomment the line force_nibble and the line FB630P (11001100 style .. Also works for FB330P, N340P, N640P). Save and close the file

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    close terminal

5)
Unplugged the scanner, plug it again ... launch Applications / Graphics / XSane Image Scanner ... and our scanner should be detected ...
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  • Good Luck! I have an OLD laptop in a closet with a par port, and I haven't even seen that in like a year. I know you just want to get it working, but places like thrift shops often have them for like $3-4 (assuming you're in the US) Just be sure to check online for drivers before purchase. Aug 4, 2014 at 18:47

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