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Asked: 2015-02-13 06:14:42 +0800 CST

Scanner is listed under lsusb command, but not detected by scanning programs

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I connected my Genius Vivid-1200TA image scanner to my laptop USB port running Ubuntu 14.04. lsusb | grep -i scanner shows that it is connected and detected by the system:

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 05da:3021 Microtek International, Inc. 1200dpi Scanner

But programs such as AquireImage, Simple Scan and gscan2pdf do not detect the device and say that no device is detected.

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  1. This is linux. Where there is a will, there is a way. ok, do you know what the device is in /dev/? figure that out first. Since your device shows up in lsusb, then it is almost certainly in dmesg. Unplug your scanner.

    sudo dmesg --clear

    plug in your scanner

    $dmesg

    you should see the device name in dmesg. /dev/scanner I have no idea what it will be. Post back with dmesg if you need help figuring it out.

    optional step: you can see if the device is listed:

    $scanimage -L

    Next, you will try to scan using the command line program scanimage and the device name:

    $scanimage -d /dev/scanner

    or 

    $scanimage -d /dev/scanner --quick-format Letter --resolution=600

    if it kinda works but you want to do something else, try reading $scanimage --help or man scanimage

    Try that and post back errors you may encounter.

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