If you aren't familiar with it then here's a great post on getting started with the terminal by How-To Geek. Try not to be put off if you are new to the terminal, all it requires is that you can type text, that's literally it. I run vanilla Ubuntu It should work on any Debian based distro that includes Ubuntu based ones and it's offspring for those that aren't familiar with the mess that is Linux distributions.
I've not tested it on a non-Debian based distro simply because I don't run them but I do believe it works. If you try this on Fedora, Arch, Slackware, Gentoo etc etc and it works please report on your success or failure in the comments so I can make adjustments to this post. First thing is to install SANE and associated utilities. Open a terminal and type the following to install SANE:.
The result will be something like below if you're running an Ubuntu based Distro but a pure Debian variant will likely perform an install as it's not usually already installed on Debain.
Go ahead and install it. You may also be prompted to install libsane-extras-common instead of libsane-extras. That's fine too, just install that package - sometimes names change. Now we need to make sure the system can find your scanner. Make sure it's connected and powered on by plugging in the power cable and connecting it to a USB port on your computer.
You'll get a rush of text that'll look something like below. I've highlighted the important bit in the red box Don't worry about the errors, just look for something similar to that output in the red box and that shows it's properly detected the scanner. For those reading this with a screen reader, the relevant output I got is:. So now we get to installing the driver you need. If you have the s you obviously don't need to install the s driver too, just install the relevant one for your scanner.
NOTE - You need to know where exactly you downloaded the drivers. Most of the time they automatically go into your Downloads folder so the commands below will work fine. If not, you'll need to find the correct path to the downloaded files if you saved them to your Desktop or something and use that path instead. I'm sure you can work out for yourself how to do the s and si - just change the names in the command. Or you could just copy and paste what I've put here but the standard warning is your should never just copy and paste commands from someone on the internet, even the nice people!
That might sound a bit off putting if you're new, don't worry, it's just text and we make the adjustment using a text editor. Use the following command to open the config file in gedit. I've highlighted the sections you need to look for in the red boxes. Interestingly, you'll see the s driver will work for the sM but the s driver won't work for the si, so make sure you use the correct driver for your device. Go ahead and reboot your computer now. Once you've done that, log back in and return here to follow the next steps.
Nothing will happen for a few seconds, that's normal. After a short time you should hear the scanner spool up and the light will turn solid blue. Once that's happened the terminal should return something like:.
Now open up your scanner application, Ubuntu uses Simple Scan by default. You can find it by clicking the Dash button top of the launcher bar and simply typing 'Simple Scan', then hitting the enter key. It's the button on the top menu bar, you can't miss it! If you need duplex scanning, try gscan2pdf. You can search for it and install it on the Ubuntu software centre or in the Debian repos. Tim Flanigan. I am absolutely in love with this software!
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