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KneadToKnow
Asked: 2022-03-09 08:29:56 +0800 CST

Possible to disable/hide one of two scanner options in XSane?

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After struggling for some time, I've finally got my Canon LiDE 400 scanner working on Ubuntu 21.10, but now I have sort of the opposite problem. When I start up XSane, it makes me choose between 2 scanners when I only have 1.

scanimage -L gives the same "2" scanners and is easier to copy and paste, so I'll show that output:

device `escl:http://localhost:60000' is a Canon LiDE 400 (USB) platen scanner
device `airscan:e0:Canon LiDE 400 (USB)' is a eSCL Canon LiDE 400 (USB) ip=127.0.0.1

I've tested both and they both seem to work fine, I would just like to not have to choose when I only, in fact, have 1 scanner.

Please let me know what additional information I can provide, and if there is any reason to prefer one of these options over the other.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The first device in the list is provided by libsane, which cannot be removed without destroying all scanning. sane-airscan is an independently produced backend.

    Therefore, the definitive answer is:

    sudo apt purge sane-airscan

    Happy?

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