Hi Graham, Graham writes:
> I have not been able to use my scanner with Linux for some years now (it > works find with windows). I am currently using Linux Mint 19. > > All connections are good, printer is powered and operates normally > (except scan). > > sane-find-scanner > found USB scanner (vendor=0x0924 [Xerox], product=0x420f [Xerox > WorkCentre PE220 Series]) at libusb:001:004 This scanner is not in our list of supported devices. > scanimage -L > No scanners were identified. > > edited file > /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf > > added > #Xerox MFP > usb 0x0924 0x420f > > I suspect it may be a permissions issue but I am unable to resolve. If it is a permission issue, running your commands via `sudo` or as `root` would work around that. > Any ideas please. Have you checked the xerox_mfp backend's issues? https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=all&label_name[]=backend%2Fxerox_mfp I see at least two other Xerox WorkCentres that don't seem to work (or aren't supported). Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join
