http://tom.knaupp.com free software, security and a bunch of my strange thoughts Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:13:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tom.knaupp.com/2008/06/11/hp-scanjet-g2710-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron/ http://tom.knaupp.com/2008/06/11/hp-scanjet-g2710-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:58:42 +0000 tom http://tom.knaupp.com/?p=89 Today, I bought a new scanner – of course without checking linux compatibility : /
hp – a well known brand. Description says “Works with Max OS X, Win Vista, XP, 2000″.
Linux wasn’t mentioned, but that’s not unusual at all.

The default xsane backend package (<- v.1.0.19 [delivered with Ubuntu Hardy])
didn’t find a device, so I tried installing the beta release of the hp3900 sane backends (drivers).
This version is still beta status, but got my new scanner up and running : )




HowTo:
Get the latest drivers from the sourceforge project:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hp3900-series/

Unpack the files and change into the new directory:
tar xfz hp3900-series_0.12.tar.gz
cd hp3900-series_0.12/

Install the drivers:
sudo ./INSTALL.sh
application: 2 – SANE Backend
distro: 3 – Ubuntu

Add your username to the scanner group:
sudo adduser your-user-name scanner

Start XSane : )

PS: Fastest and best results with 200 or 300 dpi

Update June 22th, 2008:
I forgot to mention that it only works with resolutions equal and less than 600dpi

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