My scanner Mustek “ScanExpress 1200 CU Plus” is not operationel, xsane nor skanlite find it and here where i am:
sudo sane-find-scanner
# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.
# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
# No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup
# the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.
# Not checking for parallel port scanners.
# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program.
But when i type lsusb the scanner is correctly detected on 5e line:
$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1058:2626 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport (WDBPKJ)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 029: ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port
Bus 001 Device 028: ID 055f:0008 Mustek Systems, Inc. ScanExpress 1200 CU Plus
Bus 001 Device 027: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub
Bus 001 Device 023: ID 17ef:6018 Lenovo Lenovo USB Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
The Sane page tells that model is supported:
–photo sane.png
And here is the end of my competences, don’t know what to do
Install and boot on another kernel ???
But how can i know libusb belongs to what what kernel…and even is it only a possible trail ??
if you check the internet, there was a workaround for ubuntu in 2008 but even then it was hard to install. this scanner was never mentioned to run with linux.
I think that, back in the days, I had a similar or even the very same one.
What was missing then - as it is today - is the firmware for this device.
I (back then successfully) searched and looked for that firmware and indeed found it.
Placed it where it belongs - and the device was functional.
So: maybe search for your device name and linux and firmware, see what you find and get the firmware … maybe even extract it from the original windows driver disc …
I’m pretty sure that that is what is missing here - and because it is so old and also probably proprietary - it’s not included in the default downloads/packages.
This will have to be done by hand, most likely.
There will be no ready made package …
Is the scanner properly powered? Did you try other USB ports?
Did you install sane-gt68xx-firmware package to have additional scanners support? Install this package and try again. (//EDIT: supposedly for other older hardware but worth a try anyway)
That was the solution, the lone thing to do was finally to simply connect the scanner directly in the USB ports of the PC and not via a hub
Strange because my printer Canon works perfectly via this hub and this scanner has always been plugged in this hub, so why now do i have to connect directly on the PC i don’t have any faintest idea it’s a mistery, but at least it works !
Greatfull thanks to all the helpers and omano for the solution
