psc but no scan app?

[Chris Aitken]

Forgive my top-post. I thought it would be appropriate as I don't want 
you to read all that's been done (with an eye to helping me) as I'm 
putting a hold on this troubleshoot (getting scanning function of hp psc 
1610 to work) for a couple of weeks. I'm creating a music CD and wanted 
a scan of a photograph for the cover. I'm going to just use clip art for 
now. For me (though maybe not others) this will be a big troubleshoot. I 
have to concentrate on getting the instrument tracks and a final mix now 
- the graphics is secondary. However, don't be surprised to see me pick 
up this thread in a couple of weeks. I *will* get back to it. Thanks for 
the help so far.

And thanks to everyone for your help over the years. I love linux. I run 
my business (music lessons) and passion (recording music I compose) on 
it. I am able to get linux to do what I need (eventually) but I'm not 
sure I'll ever have enough knowledge to give much back to the list 
members. Whenever I *can* offer an easy reply (like 'gaim works well for 
MSN') somebody beats me to the punch.

So, I take, have little to give, but am grateful, and happier for your help.

Chris

Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Chris Aitken wrote:
>
>> [chris at p733 chris]$ sane-find-scanner
>>
> [...]
>
>> found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x4811) at libusb:001:002
>>  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be 
>> supported by
>>  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>
>
> The good news is that sane can see the hardware but isn't sure what 
> driver to use.
>
> The other good news is that HP says that scanning is supported on this 
> model according to 
> http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/inkjet_aio.html
>
> The FAQ at http://hplip.sourceforge.net/faqs.html states that
> "HPLIP should support all SANE front-end applications. We have tested 
> scanning with xsane, xscanimage, and kooka."
>
> So what this means is that you need hplip installed (which you 
> probably need, to support printing from the device anyway). That will 
> provide the "hpaio" driver needed by SANE.
>
> Make sure the line "hpaio" appears in /etc/sane/dll.conf and is not 
> commented out.
>
> There's a troubleshooting page at 
> http://hplip.sourceforge.net/troubleshooting/scanning.html that may 
> provide some help.
>
> - Evan
>
> PS: A very slick-looking diagram of the HP/Sane acrhitecture can be 
> found at
> http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/doc/arch/scanning.png
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