Present Configuration
Hardware:
A DIY “Hackintosh” Mini ITX Computer;
Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI motherboard, Intel Core i7 4770K CPU, 16 GB RAM, Samsung
840 EVO SSD 250 GB, in Thermaltake SD101 case.
HP Scanjet 4070 Photosmart Scanner
Software:
Mac OS X 10.10.3 “Yosemite” with boot software by tonymacx86.com
<http://tonymacx86.com/>
What Works:
Scanner works perfectly with alternate computer Macintosh PowerPC G5 using HP
“Image Zone” software.
What Does Not Work:
1. Scanner used with latest "HP Scan" App installed on the “Hackintosh.”
Following error message appears:
2. Attempt to use SANE software to access scanner from the “Hackintosh.”
Have downloaded all relevant software from the following websites:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hp3900-series/
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/hp3900-series/> ;
http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/ <http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/> (binaries
only)
The SANE Preference Pane is installed and working. The configuration file for
the hp3900 scanner is checked, as shown:
I did click the “Configure” button, but there was no apparent change, i.e. the
button did not light. (If the “Saned” button is clicked, the resulting field is
empty. Double-clicking the hp3900 item shows a list which includes the HP 4070
scanner, so I assume it is the correct selection.)
In the "hp3900-series_0.12” folder downloaded from the first website linked
above, there is a file called “INSTALL.sh” and another called “COMPILE.sh”
which look like Terminal scripts.
I tried double-clicking each one in turn. The result was that the Mac OS
“Terminal” app opened and showed these error messages:
Apparently the Terminal app is not happy with the “test: -eq:” program
statement. I know nothing about C programming. Can you help with this?
Please know that I had one success with all the above: If I run the Terminal
command “scan image > test.pnm” from this website
<http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/faq.html>, I do in fact get a correct scan
operation and a “.pnm” image on my hard disk. However, I have no idea how to
proceed since the linked page goes on to treat a failure, and no words at all
about what to do if it succeeds!
I attempted to use Graphic Converter (version 9.7) File/Scan mode, which offer
the options of “Scan with Image Capture,” “Scan with TWAIN…”, and “Select TWAIN
Scanner Data Source…” but none of these work; device is not shown in any of the
three windows, as well as in Preview and Apple’s Image Capture.
This in spite of the fact that the 4070 Scanner shows up in my Mac OS X “About
this Mac/System Report” list, as shown below:
Bottom Line: I have no idea where to go from here! Please help if you can.
Thanks for reading!
—— Bill Strohm
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