Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:04:12 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >This morning I finally found Canon's tech support e-mail service. I >asked if I could get a service manual or if there is a repair depot >somewhere. But I paid $90 for it brand new several years ago, so it's >not worth spending a lot of m

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread Mike Connors
> > For inner SE instantiations of Goodwill. Your mileage may vary. > True, but I've seen more computer stuffs there than the other locations I've been to, which is not to say all of them... ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdx

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:36:33AM -0700, Mike Connors wrote: > > > > But I paid $90 for it brand new several years ago, so it's > > not worth spending a lot of money to repair. Used ones sell for $10-$30 > > on eBay. > > > In one of the threads I read, someone mentioned buying the scanner at >

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread Mike Connors
> > But I paid $90 for it brand new several years ago, so it's > not worth spending a lot of money to repair. Used ones sell for $10-$30 > on eBay. In one of the threads I read, someone mentioned buying the scanner at Goodwill for like $5. So it might be worth a trip there and FreeGeek is just a

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:04:33 -0700 wes dijo: >On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:10 AM, John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 21:48:30 -0700 >> wes dijo: >> >> >On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Mike Connors >> >wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >> > >http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-plustek.5.html >>

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread Mike Connors
> > I only tried Jaunty and Hardy x86_64, live CDs. I wanted to try > Windows, but I have it installed only in VirtualBox OSE. The OSE > version doesn't do USB devices. And all the software I tried are > just different front ends for the same sane scanning program. > > It does appear to be a hardwa

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread wes
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:10 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 21:48:30 -0700 > wes dijo: > > >On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Mike Connors > >wrote: > > > >> > > >> > >http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-plustek.5.html > >> > > >> > Thanks for the link. However, the config file

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-06 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 21:48:30 -0700 wes dijo: >On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Mike Connors >wrote: > >> > >> > >http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-plustek.5.html >> > >> > Thanks for the link. However, the config file already had the x-y >> > positions at 0. And that is all you can set. That is

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread wes
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Mike Connors wrote: > > > > >http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-plustek.5.html > > > > Thanks for the link. However, the config file already had the x-y > > positions at 0. And that is all you can set. That is, you can set the > > starting position of the x and y

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Mike Connors
> > >http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-plustek.5.html > > Thanks for the link. However, the config file already had the x-y > positions at 0. And that is all you can set. That is, you can set the > starting position of the x and y coordinates, but there is no setting > for image area. > > The fa

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread wes
> > The fact that it is scanning the left 3.99 inches just fine leads me to > wonder if it has two eyes and one of them has gone blind. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > you could scan

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 09:32:28 -0700 Mike Connors dijo: >> > I have a Canoscan LiDE 30 scanner which works fine in Linux. I >> > haven't used it in months. This evening I suddenly need to scan >> > two pages to send to someone via e-mail, and the recipient is >> > desperate to receive them. Naturall

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Galen Seitz
John Jason Jordan wrote: > I know it used to scan fine in various versions of Ubuntu, Jaunty being > the last I used before going to Fedora 11. Since it now exhibits the > same half-page problem with the same software I used to use, I am > pretty sure the scanner has gone tits up. Or maybe it's rep

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Just now I tried live CDs of: > > Fedora 13 x86_64 Live (wouldn't boot - bah!) > Jaunty x86_64 Desktop which has Xsane 0.996. Same results. > Hardy Xubuntu x86_64, installed Xsane 0.995 from repo. Same results. Have you tried 32-bit versions of li

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 09:02:43 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I have long known of the dotted rectangle, but adjusting it does not >> help. That is, when I first click on Get Preview in the Preview >> window it scans only the left 3.99 inches of the

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Mike Connors
> > > > > I have a Canoscan LiDE 30 scanner which works fine in Linux. I haven't > > used it in months. This evening I suddenly need to scan two pages to > > send to someone via e-mail, and the recipient is desperate to receive > > them. Naturally, Xsane has decided this is the moment to screw me.

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread wes
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:45 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have a Canoscan LiDE 30 scanner which works fine in Linux. I haven't > used it in months. This evening I suddenly need to scan two pages to > send to someone via e-mail, and the recipient is desperate to receive > them. Naturally, Xsane

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Bill Barry
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:43 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have long known of the dotted rectangle, but adjusting it does not > help. That is, when I first click on Get Preview in the Preview window > it scans only the left 3.99 inches of the page. When I adjust the > rectangle the main window c

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have long known of the dotted rectangle, but adjusting it does not help. > That is, when I first click on Get Preview in the Preview window it scans > only the left 3.99 inches of the page. When I adjust the rectangle the > main window changes the p

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
I have a LIDE 25 and use XSANE, on Ubuntu 10.4 (32 bit). Xsane works flawlessly. I suggest you completely uninstall xsane and then reinstall it. Otherwise, if you have a digital camera with a macro setting, you might try that. Good luck, Pat On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:43 AM, John Jason Jordan wro

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 07:06:16 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I have come to the conclusion that it is a bug. >> >> 1) I did the above exactly as stated and it still scans only the left >> 3.99 inches of the page. > > When you look at the preview

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have come to the conclusion that it is a bug. > > 1) I did the above exactly as stated and it still scans only the left > 3.99 inches of the page. When you look at the preview there is a dashed rectangle that defines the area to be included in t

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 02:28:39 -0700 Mike Connors dijo: >> >> The problem: >> >> I cannot figure out how to tell it the page size is 8.5 11. It >> insists on scanning only the left side, 3.99 x 11. I cannot find a >> page size anywhere in any of the buttons. >> >> Found this, hope it helps? > >

Re: [PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread Mike Connors
> > The problem: > > I cannot figure out how to tell it the page size is 8.5 11. It insists > on scanning only the left side, 3.99 x 11. I cannot find a page size > anywhere in any of the buttons. > > Found this, hope it helps? In xsane, choose Window, and enable "Show Preview" if it isn't al

[PLUG] Xsane help, desperate

2010-06-05 Thread John Jason Jordan
I have a Canoscan LiDE 30 scanner which works fine in Linux. I haven't used it in months. This evening I suddenly need to scan two pages to send to someone via e-mail, and the recipient is desperate to receive them. Naturally, Xsane has decided this is the moment to screw me. The problem: I canno