Questions tagged [scanner]
Questions that relate to a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image.
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How should I install HPLIP binary/proprietary plugin/driver for my HP printer or printer+scanner?
Let's assume that one has some modern HP printer and/or scanner which is supported by HPLIP package from official repository. Or supported by newer version of HPLIP package (see this answer about ...
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How to install HPLIP on my Ubuntu to support my HP printer and/or scanner?
Let's assume that one has some HP printer and/or scanner and checked its support status on the corresponding page of HPLIP site - HP Developer Portal | All Supported Printer Models.
So one have the ...
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How do I install proprietary drivers for my Brother all-in-one printer/scanner/fax?
Guides on how to install drivers for a Brother all-in-one network printer are either for older devices or are rather complicated as they often involve editing or copying system files in my root ...
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How to map network scanner
I have just bought a shiny new Canon MG6250 multifunction printer/scanner and connected it via LAN. Installing the printing side of things was a breeze, however, I cannot work out how to set up ...
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How to install Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner drivers?
I installed the driver for Epson Perfection V600 Photo: iscan-data_1.13.0-1all.deb as well as iscan_2.28.1-3.ltdl7_i386.deb.
But the scanner does not work. How can I install the scanner drivers?
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What's the best, simplest OCR solution?
I'd like to scan a good amount of papers I have lying around, with the least possible hassle. I would like to convert them to images using Simple Scan, then convert them to text using OCR. Is there a ...
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Samsung M2070W scanner no longer working in 17.10
I own a Samsung M2070W printer/scanner, which worked in 17.04. After installing 17.10, it prints but is not detected my Simple Scan or Xsane.
The latest drivers from the Samsung website are ...
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Brother scanner not working in Ubuntu 16.04 though driver installed
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and a brother DCP-375CW, a printer and scanner all in one.
I downloaded the drivers and used the Driver Install Tool by brother.
This is the result: the system says the ...
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How to get a Brother DCP-350C scanner working?
Downloaded and installed the linux drivers from the Brother site here.
But the scanner still wasn't recognised.
You can see here, the drivers installed successfully:
$ dpkg -l | grep Brother
ii ...
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GUI program to resize pdf documents and change their DPI
I see that LibreOffice Draw should be able to open a pdf and export it with options for changing quality and DPI resolution. But the high-resolution scanned pdfs that I have are not properly opened in ...
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Is the scanner Canon Pixma MG2450 working in Ubuntu?
The Canon Pixma MG2450 printer has an integrated scanner that should work with a tool like Simple Scan (or xsane or Skanlite).
There are two sets of drivers (provided by Canon as deb files): two ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Simplescan just scan page on flatbed and ignores feeder of my HP scanner
I've recently switched to U20.04 from U16.04.
With U16.04 I was able to use my scanner (HP OfficeJet 3834) and all its capabilities, including scan "All pages from feeder" (simplescan option)...
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Adding OCR info to a PDF
I have a good quality scan of a document; such scan is in pdf format.
How can I add ocr information to the pdf, so that it becomes searchable? By searchable I mean that the goal is that when viewing ...
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USB 2.0 device (scanner) does not work with xhci_hcd on USB 3.0 system
I'm trying to scan with samsung scx-4200 which is a printer with scanner. When I connect my brother's laptop which has the same version of ubuntu(14.04), it works. I don't know how and why. He did not ...
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Install Canon LiDE 300 / 400 on Ubuntu 18.04
Unable to install Canon LiDE 300 on Ubuntu 18.04. How to solve it?
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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....
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Brother DCP-7065DN, Ubuntu 14.04 64bit: Can print to network printer but cannot use the scan function
I'm using brscan4 and can ping it using brsaneconfig4 and it finds it but i cannot scan from the computer using either simple scan or xsane image scanning. Both programs don't show the scanner as ...
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Running a epson Scanner perfection 3170
How can I make my scanner Epson perfection 3170 running under ubuntu 11.04 ?
When I run "Simple Scan" it said:"No scanner detected".
Thanks
Edit:
after I saw suli8's anwser. I downloaded both rpm:...
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Installing Epson Iscan For Linux
I've recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a Lenovo Thinkpad. I have an Epson Perfection 1240u Photo scanner with a backlit film adaptor and I want to get it running. I've downloaded the software ...
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Installing Epson Printer but Interrupted by lsb Dependency Error
I am installing the Epson XP-310 driver from this website.
When I attempt to install the downloaded .deb file, I get the following error:
The Package System is broken
epson-inkjet-printer-201303w:...
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S1300I scanner issues under Ubuntu 16.04 using Sane
In theory this scanner does work under Linux and Ubuntu. I've found this document that I tried to follow.
http://luuklangens.nl/blog/howto-fujitsu-scansnap-s1300-s300-ubuntu-linux
I install sane, ...
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How do I get a Samsung SCX3200 multifunction printer/scanner working?
I bought samsung scx3200 multifunction printer i think that printing is easy as Ubuntu define the printer by default but what about scanning i have found a default installed program called simple scan ...
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How to install Epson L220 printer
I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS a few days before. Now I want to print some file with my Epson L220 Inkjet All-in-One printer. Ubuntu automatically adds the printer, but unable to print any text(....
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Running Canon 120 LiDE scanner on Ubuntu 14.04
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 7 virtually. I know that the Canon 120 LiDE cannot run on Ubuntu, but would I be able to run it through Windows 7 virtually?
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How can I turn photos of paper documents into a scanned document?
My scanner has broken! I do have a good camera though so I've taken a few photos of the documents I want to scan... However they look like photos of paper, not scanned documents:
Images aren't flat
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Invalid argument - Brother scanner not working after upgrade (brscan2 driver)
I recently upgraded Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy).
Scanning via my MFC-420CN had been working in Ubuntu and Linux Mint installs up though Olivia and Oneric. However once I upgraded from these, scanning ...
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Scanning from terminal
I want to be able to scan from the terminal and then send the scanned output to a specific directory. Can this be done from the terminal.
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Scanner Not detected by Simple Scan
I have Canon Pixma G3012 All-in-One Wireless Ink Tank Colour Printer
I am trying to scan a document from my Linux Ubuntu 18 installed PC using simple scan software.
Connected the device into PC over ...
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XSane fails to open device (invalid argument)
I'm new to Linux and installed Ubuntu 15.10 few days ago. I can successfully print on my Canon i-SENSYS MF4890dw, but when trying to scan with Xsane I get the following:
Failed to open device 'pixma:...
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Xsane: Failed to open device `hpaio:/net/Photosmart_C5100_series?zc=HP5180': Error during device I/O
Printing from an application works.
The hp-toolbox sometimes cannot connect.
And Xsane pops the error message as in the title.
Connected through the network, I can ping the device, I can print to it.
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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 ...
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Multiple page scan using scanimage
What command to use in the terminal to scan multiple pages? I normally use scanimage > myimage.pnm for 1 page scanning.
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How can I get my Epson v500 scanner working?
I have a v500 scanner, but it doesn't show up in simple scan. I've turned it off and on a few times to see if that was the problem. Here is the usb information:
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 04b8:0130 Seiko ...
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How do I get a Brother DCP-7065DN printer working?
I had the scanner working in Ubuntu 12.04, but now when I try to launch xsane, I get a scanner not found error: brsaneconfig4 -q | grep 7065 produces the following output:
144 "DCP-7065DN"
0 DCP-...
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Getting my brother MFC-J825DW working as a network scanner
I've been attempting to set up my new brother multi-function device to work as a printer and scanner using the following steps. It is connected to the network as a LAN device, not directly connected ...
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Install Canon scanner
I cannot install my Canon Canoscan LiDE 70 flatbed scanner on my Dell Dimension 3000 computer on which I replaced Windows XP with Ubuntu 12.04.4. The installation disk does not operate. It this ...
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Epson GT-S50 scanner not working after upgrade to 18.04 from 16.04
Since the upgrade, my Epson scanner GT-S50 (Epkowa driver).
It gets detected (dmesg) when plugged in:
[ 3755.680091] usb 3-4.4.1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci
[ 3755.789893] usb ...
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How to install EPSON l210 scanner
I am trying to install the Epson scanner driver... I have extracted the tar.gz. file but on ./configure shows the error
checking for GIMP - version >= 1.0.0... checking for gimp-config... no
no
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Ubuntu 20.04 Network printer works but scanner not detected
Samsung SCX-3405W Laster Multifunction Printer On Ubuntu 20.04.
The printer works but scanner is not detected by Document Scanner (simple-scan).
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How do I get the Brother DCP-135C scanner to work?
I have a Brother DCP-135C printer/scanner connected to my Ubuntu 11.10 amd64 machine. I have managed to get the printer working, but it doesn't recognise the scanner.
I have installed the drivers ...
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why is "saned" disabled on boot Ubuntu 12.04?
I want to know why the scanner utility saned is disabled on boot and how to resolve this issue.
I have had this problem on 3 laptops and I cannot find a solution other than manually restarting the ...
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Samsung SCX-4200 Scanner not working (printing OK) 14.04
I have somehow lost the possiblity of scanning using my Samsung SCX-4200 3in1 printer. Priting works fine using the Linux driver, provided at initial instalation, however scanning stalls and fails.
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Canon MP280 All in One prints but scanner not recognized [duplicate]
I recently installed 12.04 LTS after not using any Linux distro for several years. My Canon MP280 worked perfectly as far as printing goes and I was even able to set it up on a Samba share and print ...
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How to configure (Brother) Laser Scanner
I am not able to configure the scanner of my Brother DCP-7030.
After following all the steps mentioned on Brother website
Also, I implemented the solution provided in Ubuntu Forums
When I try to ...
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Networked Epson WF-2760 Scanner not detected in 64-bit 16.04.2
I am trying to get an Epson WF-2760 scanner that is network-connected working. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.2 64-bit and the printer works a treat. I have installed the Epson drivers from their site, ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic -> Epson iscan > Unable to locate package libsane
I tried to install the drivers for my scanners from Epson: V300 and XP-520
I downloaded:
iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.deb.tar.gz (http://support.epson.net/linux/en/iscan_c.php?version=2.30.4)
iscan-gt-...
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How do I get my Canon MX420 printer working?
I was using Canon MX420 printer properly until I upgrade my ubuntu to 11.10 . After that I can add it to my printers but I can't print or scan any page !
What should I do now ?
sudo apt-get install ...
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HP printer installed and the scanner doesn't work
I've got a new printer HP Envy 5540. I downloaded and installed the printer with duplexer but I'm not able to use the scanner.
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Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade HP Envy 5640 scanner stopped working
I have just upgraded to 20.04 from 18.04, and now I cannot scan. The error message says the device failed to connect. The only devices attached are a webcam and the HP Envy 5640 printer-scanner.
The ...
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Brother MFC-L2700DW printer can print, can't scan
Followed Brother MFC-L2700DW printer does not work to install the printer/scanner driver
During the install I can print a test page, via USB. Can't scan though.
Going to the printer - select Scan ...